Cancellation or suspension of Carer Payment (CP) and Carer Allowance (CA) 009-03110010
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This page contains the process steps for change of circumstance which may result in cancellation or suspension or CP and/or CA.
On this page:
Update your caring details online task
Cancellation Failed to Reply to Correspondence (FRC)
Cancellation or suspension when carer is in prison or psychiatric confinement
Change of circumstance
Table 1
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Action |
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A change in circumstances may result in cancellation of CP and/or CA + Read more ... Service Officers must be mindful of permission to enquire rules and not release information if the person contacting has no permission to enquire. Service Officers must not:
This information is accessible under Freedom of Information (FOI) and places the reporter and the care receiver at risk. |
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Family and Domestic Violence and Carer Neglect + Read more ... Has there been any allegations, from any party, relating to carer neglect within the carer/care receiver relationship or it is suspected?
Note: if any party discloses, or it is suspected a child is affected by family and domestic violence (FDV), follow the Risk identification and management of threats to the safety or welfare of a child. |
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A change in circumstances to be investigated + Read more ... If Service Officers:
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Update the carer's change of circumstance + Read more ... If the carer (or care receiver/third party if authorised):
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Check if the carer is receiving Carer Payment and/or Carer Allowance + Read more ... Check if the carer is receiving Carer Payment and/or Carer Allowance. In the Carer record go to the CRS screen and select the care receiver. In next, go to the Carer General Information (CGI) screen and press [Continue]. Linked carers will display default values in the following fields:
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Change of care/care receiver has left care + Read more ... Once the change in care has been recorded, the system will auto-cancel CP and/or CA for the carer. To update a change of care/care receiver leaving care, access the Carer Receiver Task Selector (CETS) screen in Customer First. To do this for
Is the carer receiving CA for the care receiver?
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Coding change of care/care receiver has left care for Carer Allowance + Read more ... From the CETS screen, select Care Details, press [Continue]. Code the following fields for CA in the section ‘Carer Allowance Care Details’
If living separately, code the following
If living together, code one of the following fields:
Note: a value must be entered in either the care days or care % field, but not in both. Is the carer also receiving CP?
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Coding change of care/care receiver has left care for Carer Payment + Read more ... From the CETS screen select Care and Institution Details, press [Continue]. Code the following fields for CP in the section ‘Carer Payment Care Details’. Date of Event: enter the relevant Date of Event (DOV)
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Carer requests cancellation of CP and/or CA + Read more ... The code CLR -withdrawn/voluntary surrender - is only to be used where the carer has requested cancellation of CP and/or CA and does not want to provide more information or the reason why. If the customer has requested cancellation and cannot/will not provide further information, cancel CP and/or CA in Customer First using the Carer cancellation and suspension workflow. Note: staff can cancel both CP and CA in the same activity, if applicable. To cancel CP and/or CA:
Cancellation/Suspension DOC will only display once the activity has been approved in the Quality Online Tool (QOL) tool. Any activities selected for QOL should be released unless another error is identified. If the workflow is unavailable or not working, go to Step 10. |
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Manual coding - carer requests cancellation of CP and/or CA + Read more ... The code CLR -withdrawn/voluntary surrender - is only to be used where the carer has requested cancellation of CP and/or CA and does not want to provide any other details or the reason why. To cancel CP or CA at the carer level take the following action in the carer’s record using Customer First.
To cancel CA at the carer level take the following action in the carer’s record using Customer First:
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Record details + Read more ... In the carer’s record create a DOC and record details. If the care receiver is a child and the carer is receiving Family Tax Benefit (FTB), check whether FTB is still payable. See Child leaves customer's care/custody. If the carer and care receiver are partners, they may be entitled to be assessed as being separated from their partner due to ill health. See Assessment of circumstances for a couple separated due to illness. |
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Check payment/s have cancelled + Read more ... In the carers record check their payment status. Has Carer Allowance and/or Carer Payment cancelled?
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Payment/s not cancelled + Read more ... To ensure the updates correctly apply and payment/s will cancel take the following action.
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Update your caring details online task
Table 2
Step |
Action |
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Manual cancellation for CA using Process Direct + Read more ... If the carer has not completed the 'Update your caring details' online task within 14 days a work item is allocated to Service Officer’s via Process Direct. Is the carer’s CA current? Yes,
No, go to Step 2. |
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Cancel task in Process Direct + Read more ... If the carer’s CA has already been cancelled and the work item no longer needs to be updated, staff will need to cancel the task. In Process Direct, select Inbox:
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Cancellation Failed to Reply to Correspondence (FRC)
Table 3
Step |
Action |
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Cancellation or Suspension – Failed to Reply to Correspondence (FRC) + Read more ... If the customer has failed to reply to correspondence, and their payment is still current the payment should be cancelled or suspended using Customer First. The date of effect of the determination is generally the day following the expiration of the time allowed to respond. Where the customer has already been paid for this date, the date of effect for the cancellation/suspension will be Date Paid To (DPT) plus 1. Thoroughly check the carer and care receiver’s record to ensure the requested information has not been returned and the customer has not already attempted or made contact. To cancel/suspend CP and/or CA:
Cancellation/Suspension DOC will only display once the activity has been approved in the Quality Online Tool (QOL) tool. Any activities selected for QOL should be released unless another error is identified. Note: staff can cancel both CP and CA in the same activity, if applicable. If the workflow is unavailable or not working, go to Step 2. Note: If a customer received a Crisis Payment in the period the change is applied, a manual reassessment of Crisis Payment may be required. For more information, see Reviewing and reassessing Crisis Payment (CrP). |
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Manual coding – cancellation/suspension FRC + Read more ... To cancel/suspend CP or CA at the carer level take the following action in the carer’s record using Customer First.
To cancel CA at the care receiver level take the following action in the carer’s record
go to the AR screen and finalise the activity DOC the cancellation on the carer’s record Note: If a customer received a Crisis Payment in the period the change is applied, a manual reassessment of Crisis Payment may be required. For more information, see Reviewing and reassessing Crisis Payment (CrP) |
Cancellation or suspension when carer is in prison or psychiatric confinement
Table 4: this table is only for staff undertaking Compliance intervention processes and F2F Incarcerated Customer Servicing teams only.
Step |
Action |
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Suspend or cancel Carer Payment (CP) and or Carer Allowance (CA) + Read more ... Cancel/Suspend CP and/or CA in Customer First using the Carer cancellation and suspension workflow. Note: staff can cancel both CP and CA in the same activity, if applicable: To suspend/cancel CP and/or CA:
Cancellation/Suspension DOC will only display once the activity has been approved in the Quality Online Tool (QOL) tool. Any activities selected for QOL should be released unless another error is identified. If the workflow is unavailable or not working, go to Step 2. |
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Manual Coding – carer in prison or psychiatric confinement + Read more ... To cancel CP or CA at the carer level take the following action in the carer’s record using Customer First
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