Also, not forgetting holiday pay and sick pay, employment liability insurance and
health and safety matters. Dealing with the inland revenue and ensuring that
accounts are kept; all this on top of additional needs which have provided them
with the recommendation that they have the support in the first place.
Ian
Quoting Bryan Jones <[log in to unmask]>:
> As long as the students concerned area aware that they will be responsible
> for ensuring that tax and National Insurance is paid and that the funding
> authority will expect evidence that these statutory payments have be made,
> they can. But in relality most students will not be in a position to manage
> this. The days of support workers being paid cash in hand (and no questions
> asked) via DSA, are gone.
>
>
> Bryan Jones,
> Manager, Disability Support Services
> & North London Regional Access Centre,
> Middlesex University
> Tel: 020 8411 5366
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. on
> behalf of Heather Blundell
> Sent: Mon 08/10/2007 12:59
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Cc:
> Subject: Student Arranging Non Medical Helper
>
>
>
> Dear All
>
> I have had a number of students asking to sort out their own Non
Medical
> Helpers and the implications of this. Does anyone have any information
> that they give to students detailing this?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Heather
>
>
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Ian Webb
Disability Adviser/Assessor
MNADP
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