Rostery

What is Roster of care?

Also known as: RoC

A roster of care is the modelled weekly staffing pattern for a Supported Independent Living household, used to quote each participant’s SIL funding. It sets out the shifts required, their times and ratios, and how overnight support is provided, and forms the basis of the amount the NDIA approves.

The roster of care is a funding document before it is an operational one. It states what support the household is funded to receive, apportioned between participants where a worker is shared.

Drift between the modelled roster and the delivered roster is the central risk in SIL. Where actual staffing has increased without a quote variation the provider absorbs the cost; where it has decreased, the provider is claiming for support it is not delivering.

Related terms

SILSIL is NDIS funding for the support a participant needs to live in a shared or individual home — help with daily tasks, personal care and overnight assistance. It pays for the support workers, not the housing itself. SIL is quoted per participant based on an agreed roster of care for the household.Support ratioA support ratio describes how many workers support how many participants at once. 1:1 is one worker to one participant. 1:2 and 1:3 mean one worker shared between two or three participants, with the cost apportioned. 2:1 means two workers are required for a single participant, and both are claimed.SleepoverA sleepover is an arrangement where a support worker stays overnight at a participant’s home to be available if needed, and is permitted to sleep. Under the SCHADS Award it attracts a flat sleepover allowance rather than hourly pay, plus payment at the appropriate rate for any period the worker is actually woken to work.Active and passive overnightActive overnight support means a worker is awake and working through the night and is paid hourly at the applicable rate. Passive overnight, or a sleepover, means the worker is present and available but permitted to sleep, and is paid an allowance. Which applies depends on the participant’s assessed overnight support needs.

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