{"id":3130,"date":"2024-03-23T20:36:54","date_gmt":"2024-03-23T20:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/handbook.scot\/sds-handbook\/?post_type=article&p=3130"},"modified":"2024-12-19T15:45:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T15:45:14","slug":"what-happens-if-you-do-not-spend-all-your-support-budget","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/handbook.scot\/sds-handbook\/article\/what-happens-if-you-do-not-spend-all-your-support-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"What happens if you do not spend all your support budget?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once you have had an assessment and completed a support plan, you will be allocated a support budget.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sometimes, people are not able to spend all their budget. This is often called an underspend.<\/span><\/p>\n

This can happen for a variety of reasons, including the lack of availability of support services.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What options do I have if I have not been able to spend all my budget?<\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n

If you are not able to spend all your budget on what has been agreed in your support plan, you should be able to use it in other ways to meet your outcomes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Your outcomes are the things you have agreed with your social worker that are important to you.<\/span><\/p>\n

People sometimes find it difficult to get their social worker or council to agree to using their budget for something different.<\/span><\/p>\n

You might find it helpful to speak to a local Independent Support Organisation or Advocacy Service for help and advice.<\/span><\/p>\n

Find your local Independent Support Organisation using the <\/span>Find Help<\/span><\/a> search tool.<\/span><\/p>\n

Find your local Advocacy Service here.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

In this video, Danielle talks about how she was not able to spend all of her budget, so agreed with her social worker it could be used to purchase Amazon Alexa technology to enable her to live independently:<\/span><\/p>\n

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