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My mate is a carer for people with learning difficulties. On a Wed night he takes a small group out, bowling, cinema...just something fun.

He used to be paid by an agency, about £8 a hour for 4 hours "work". Some changes to the way the money is paid meant that the funding now goes directly to the affected families.

He suddenly gets £15 an hour, to do exactly the same thing. Makes you wonder why the agency took such a huge cut when all they were doing was passing the money on
(Monkeystrumpet monkey. Monkey, MONKEY!!!, Tue 28 Feb 2012, 9:18, 6 replies)

That's not idiocy, that's greed.
although maybe idiocy on the government's part.
( M3rx likes the Asian ladies, Tue 28 Feb 2012, 9:26, closed)

oh i get why the agency took the money
but by taking such a huge cut, they lost the work...greed led to idiocy methinks.

still, wankers for making money off disablers
(Monkeystrumpet monkey. Monkey, MONKEY!!!, Tue 28 Feb 2012, 9:33, closed)

they didn't 'lose' anything
It's a change in funding methods towards self directed support. The agency has a fair amount to do for the cut they take. Yes, in many cases it is unnecessary extra red tape. But remember not all "disablers" are in the position to manage their finances.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 28 Feb 2012, 10:35, closed)

i bow to your superior wisdom in the matters
i just thought it was mad his money doubled for doing the same thing
(Monkeystrumpet monkey. Monkey, MONKEY!!!, Tue 28 Feb 2012, 11:55, closed)

Who? Where? I work with learning-disabled people and get paid less than half that

(IHateSprouts is baking a huge pie shaped like an enormous pie, Tue 28 Feb 2012, 16:28, closed)

daan sarth
in the big city i believe.

edit - i must stress this example is only 1 night a week, ive no idea what he gets paid. he just takes the gang out for some fun and gets a decent few quid for it
(Monkeystrumpet monkey. Monkey, MONKEY!!!, Thu 1 Mar 2012, 9:54, closed)