The Rowan Organisation

Information Service

The following information is currently available from the Rowan Organisation’s Information Service. Unfortunately, until the web site is further developed, there is no facility to download these documents, although we hope to enable this feature sometime during 2008.

Rowan Organisation Leaflets:

· Direct Payments (English)

· Direct Payments (Welsh/bilingual)

· Direct Payments for Older People (English)

· Direct Payments for Older People (Welsh/bilingual)

· Direct Payments (Braille)

· ‘Money to Help Support You’ (for people with learning difficulties)

· Direct Payments (Urdu, Punjabi, Gujarati, Hindi) – currently being updated

· Rowan Organisation Payroll Service

· CRB checks through the Rowan Organisation

Factsheets:

· Direct Payments Factsheets (English, available on this website to view)

· Large Print Direct Payments Factsheets (English)

· Plain Text Direct Payments Factsheets (English)

· Braille Direct Payments Factsheets

· Direct Payments Factsheets (Welsh)

· Large Print Direct Payments Factsheets (Welsh)

· Audio Cassette Direct Payments Factsheets (English)

· Audio CD Direct Payments Factsheets (English)

· Direct Payments Factsheets (Urdu, Punjabi, Gujarati, Hindi, Mandarin)

The current Factsheets (Version 3.3) will be undergoing a major revamp during 2008.

DVD:

· An Introduction to Direct Payments (BSL, sub-titled and commentated)

For individual Direct Payments users who the Rowan Organisation supports, other information can be made available as required, in various formats or languages. These might include things such as PA job descriptions, employment contracts, job advertisements.

Quaterly Newsletter:

The quarterly newsletter, “Directions”, is sent to all service users who are supported by the Rowan Organisation. It contains legislative information which is relevant to people who employ personal assistants, disability-related features and contributions from direct payments users who write about their experiences.

The newsletter is also available to view on this website (please see the right hand Menu bar).

Other information available:

We also keep a stock of the following government-provided information:

· Department of Health ‘Easy Guide to Direct Payments’ (for people with learning difficulties)

· Department of Health ‘A Guide to Receiving Direct Payments from your Local Council’

· Department of Health ‘Parents Guide to Direct Payments’

· Department of Health ‘Easy Read – Independence, Well Being and Choice

· Home Office leaflet ‘Preventing Illegal Working Practices’

· HM Revenue & Customs leaflet ‘Employed or Self Employed’’ leaflet