Budget Holding Lead Professional (BHLP)
A budget holding lead professional (BHLP) is a lead professional who has access to a budget to buy goods and commission services directly from providers to meet the identified additional needs of a child or young person and their family. It is envisaged that the BHLP role has the potential to make sure services are delivered around the needs of the child or young person by:
- bringing decision-making about additional support as close to the child or young person and their family as possible
- enabling practitioners carrying out the lead professional functions to have access to, and greater control over, individual budgets for children, young people and families
- promoting a more responsive, transparent and creative use of existing resources for individual children, young people and families with additional needs.
Click the links below for more detailed guidance on budget holding lead professional, or for more information contact samantha.alford@devon.gov.uk
Associated documents
| Format | Title | Date |
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Budget holding lead professional guidance and appendices | March 2009 |
