Renfrewshire Council

Charging for social care services

We provide community based social care services for adults. We do this by working with the Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership.

If you are assessed as eligible for care you may have to pay something towards that care.

The amount you pay, if anything, depends on your income and how much you have in savings, if you have any. We also consider any costs that you may have for disability related expenditure.

If you are assessed as eligible for care you may have to pay something towards that care.

Having a financial assessment

If you receive a chargeable service, we'll assess you to see how much you can afford to pay towards the cost of those services. This is called a financial assessment.

During a financial assessment we use Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) systems and our own systems to support this process. We'll only get in touch with you if further information is needed.

Your financial assessment considers your income and essential expenses, including any other costs you may have due to a disability. If you have Disability-Related Expenditure (DRE), this can be considered to reduce your charge.

Examples of Disability-Related Expenditure include:

• equipment - mobility aids, communication devices, or home adaptations
• healthcare costs - physiotherapy, acupuncture, or specialist treatments
• daily living costs - extra laundry, incontinence products, or special dietary needs
• transport - taxis if public transport is inaccessible
• household costs - higher heating bills due to a medical condition
• services - personal alarm subscriptions, online shopping delivery, or cleaning services.

Your ability to contribute to the cost of eligible care and support will take account of following income and savings, based on a weekly amount:

• net earnings (your earnings after any tax has been taken off)
• benefits and Tax Credits
• pension income
• other income.

Read the Renfrewshire Council Non-Residential Charging Policy [316KB] for more information about how we work out how much you should pay.

How to get a financial assessment

You do not need to apply for a financial assessment. We'll do a financial assessment for you when you get chargeable social care services.

After a financial assessment

After a financial assessment we'll send you:

• details about how much you'll need to pay each week
• a full explanation of the calculation
• information about how to pay the contribution.

Chargeable adult social care services

There is a contribution policy for non-residential charging, a residential charging policy for care homes and respite, and flat-rate charges like meals and alarms, which are not covered by the contribution policy or the residential policy.