Disability Access Fund Users and Permissions

In the Disability Access Fund portal there are two types of users who can perform the tasks mentioned below.

• Local Authority administratorsLocal Authority administrators

  Local Authority administrators can:

  • Manage access to providers and services
  • Review User Details
  • Configure the portal and Manage Site Setup
  • Approve or reject DAF applications
  • Perform portal administration.

  Using the One v4 Client, Early Years financial approvers can authorise DAF payments to providers.

• Provider usersProvider users

  Provider users can apply for the Disability Access Fund.

To create and activate a Portal User account see Portal User Account .

Manage User Accounts

After a user is created and assigned to the appropriate security group in the v4 Client, they must then be granted access to the required providers and services in the Provider portal. This is done by selecting Manage Access from the Administration menu.

Review Users

The Review Users page is used to view the users that are currently registered to use the Provider portal, to update their email address and enable them to update their password. It is also used to reset a user account that is inactive in the v4 Client.

When a system administrator logs into the portal, their account is displayed as read-only

Permissions

To access the Disability Access Fund on the Provider portal a user must belong to a user group with permission for one or more of the business processes below:

Business processes are assigned to a user group in the v4 Client via Tools | Permissions | User Group Processes. 

• Disability Access Fund User
• Disability Access Fund Administrator
• Disability Access Fund Manager.

Permission to Apply for DAF

To apply for the Disability Access Fund, the permission required is Read-Write for the business process Disability Access Fund User under the Provider Portal main business process.

Permission to Configure DAF

To configure the DAF portal via the configuration page, the permission required is Read-Write for the business process Disability Access Fund Administrator under the Provider Portal main business process.

Permission to Manage Applications

To manage applications for the Disability Access Fund, the permission required is Read-Write for the business process Disability Access Funding Manager under the Provider Portal main business process.

See Permissions for more information on User Group Process.