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Documenting your decision

Community Costs involves the use of discretion, therefore it is important to show the process used to arrive at that decision.

In particular you must give reasons for your decision, including the factors you have taken into consideration in reaching your decision. You should also document what costs you have or have not considered at each point in the decision process and why.

Reviews

Any review of Community Costs is treated as a reassessment of the application and you should go through all the steps that were done for the initial application and document your decision as above.

Recording notes in CMS

You should record the following information in CMS:

  • provider/institution client is attending
  • costs included in the calculation
  • reasons why a particular cost was included
  • date of grant
  • intended length of programme
  • amount of weekly payment

All other information should be retained with the Community Costs Payment Application form on the client's file.

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