Contacts and useful links
Page updated on: 16/02/2024
Direct Payments Support Team
Personal Assistant Co-ordinator: Debra C Gough
Tel: 01267 242324 Email: DPPAApplications@carmarthenshire.gov.uk
Useful Links
ACAS - Free and impartial advice for employees and employers on workplace rights, rules and best practice.
Skills for Care – An independent charity which helps create a well-led, skilled and valued adult social care workforce.
Social Care Wales – Making a positive difference to care and support in Wales for children, adults and their families and carers.
Social Care Wales Information and Learning Hub - The Information and Learning Hub (the Hub) is your one-stop-shop for a range of resources about Wales’s social care legislation.
Dewis Cymru – The place for wellbeing in Wales.
Age Cymru - Your local Age Cymru helps with things like befriending, shopping, transport, filling in forms, advocacy, social activities, exercise classes and much more.
Carers UK (Wales) – Expert advice, information and support for carers.
CAIS - Helping people who are having problems with addictions, mental health, personal development and employment – as well as offering assistance and information to their families and friends.
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