A major reform of disability benefits took place in 2005, when the state transferred the responsibility for disability carer's allowance to local authorities. The conditions for the payment of carer's allowance vary from one municipality to another. In the municipality of Valga, the rules for the payment of carer's allowance to disabled persons are flexible, allowing carer's allowance to be paid also to a working carer. See the more detailed regulation in the Valga Municipal Council Regulation No 89 of 25.10.2019 "Procedures for granting social assistance ”
Carer's allowance may be applied for by any person who provides a person in need of care with special needs and who has been appointed as a carer of that person by order of the Valga Municipality Government. The need for continuous care is established by the social assistance office on the spot or on the basis of an assessment questionnaire carried out at the home of the disabled person, the extent of the need for assistance and the need for the appointment of a carer are decided. In order to initiate the procedure for appointment as a carer, the person wishing to become a carer should contact the reception of the social work service at 12 Kungla Street, Valga, telephone number Valga. 5648 8408. To make an appointment, you must make an appointment in advance.
The purpose of setting up a care placement and awarding a carer's allowance is to organise care in a more flexible way for the person who needs it.
In order to get a childcare allowance for a child with special needs, a parent or guardian must apply: