Paying for services

Paying people who use services for their involvement in developing social care services is an accepted way of making use of their experience and expertise to help improve practice. SCIE resources offer good practice guidance in user and carer participation in social care.

Direct payments: answering frequently asked questions
SCIE Guide 10
Published: November 2005

Contributing on equal terms: service user involvement and the benefits system
SCIE Report 8

Benefit barriers to involvement: finding solutions
SCIE Joint publication