Direct Payment Personal Assistant (PA) Payroll & Managed Bank Account (MBA) Service

The purpose of this contract is to set out the context for a PA Payroll & MBA Service which includes an enhanced payroll function, a basic payroll calculation only function and a managed bank account service.

The Provider will ensure that people have access to all these financial management aspects of their direct payment. The service will support the following specific groups of people:

Adults or Carer's receiving a Leeds Local Authority funded direct payment.

People with responsibility for a child/young person with Special Education Needs (SEN) and disabilities who receive a direct payment for the child's education, health, or social care needs.

Families of Children/Young People (CYP) with a personal budget

Adults and/or Children receiving an NHS ICB funded direct payment.

Specific groups of people include adults with learning disability; physical disability; mental health issues; substance misuse; older people; carer's; people with responsibility for a disabled child; and young people aged 16 and 17 years of age in transition from Children's to Adults services