You are the legal employer

If your Personal Budget or Personal Health Budget is paid as a Direct Payment you receive the money and you purchase the services you require You can choose to purchase all your services and manage the Direct Payment yourself which we call Self-Managed. Alternatively, we can set up a bank account in your name and your budget is paid into this – we call this a Managed Account. Whichever you choose you are the legal employer and will need to be registered with HMRC which we do on your behalf in our set-up process