A personal budget is an amount of money agreed by the council to deliver the support required for a child or young person as described in an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan where a parent or young person is involved in organising the support.
This is usually support that is not available from the educational setting or support services already available in the local authority, but that has been identified as part of the assessments used to create the EHCP.
The personal budget will support a young person in achieving a particular outcome in the EHCP that cannot be delivered by the existing services within education, health and social care. The funding can be provided by education, health or social care depending on the area of need that is requiring support.
Section J of the EHCP contains information about the Personal Budget.
Please note, any request for a personal budget through an EHC Plan will be considered in relation to the full information within the Children & Families Act 2014, associated regulations about personal budgets and the SEND Code of Practice 2014.
Kirklees Personal Budget policy (opens link in new window)
Kirklees Specialist Provision Equipment Budget (opens link in new window)
Protocol (opens link in new window)
These types of personal budgets are only available to children and young people who have an EHCP.
The child’s parent/carer or young person themselves can request a personal budget in two ways:
Amongst other things a personal budget agreed through an EHC Plan could include:-
