How To Roster a Sleepover Support

Overview

The following video provides an overview of how to schedule a sleepover support in Astalty.

Sleepover supports may be scheduled in a variety of scenarios, such as:

• In-Home Supports
• Supported Independent Living (SIL) Supports
• Respite

Billing Sleepover Supports

• For In-home supports, you may wish to use the relevant Charge Item Set so the correct NDIS line items are applied when billing.
• For Respite (STA), use a Short Term Accommodation Charge Item Set - both presets include the per-night sleepover Charge Item. See How to Claim for Respite?.
• For SIL supports, you may choose to use Direct Charges instead.

For more information on how to set up and use direct charges, see: Direct Charges Guide

Sleepover Duration Warning

Astalty shows a warning when a sleepover is not set to an 8-hour duration. This helps catch potential rostering mistakes before the shift is saved.

If the warning appears, simply review the sleepover start and end times to make sure they're correct. You can adjust the times if needed, or continue if the duration is intentional. The form warning is separate from award-specific checks: SCHADS uses an eight-hour sleepover, while Aged Care allows eight to ten hours. A saved support is not confirmation that the award conditions are met.

Sleepovers within a package that crosses midnight

A sleepover is normally rostered as part of a package of supports that crosses midnight - for example an evening shift, the 8-hour sleepover, then a morning shift the next day.

Under the SCHADS Award (clause 25.7(f)), the worker must be rostered - or paid - for at least 4 hours of ordinary work on at least one side of the sleepover, meaning the shift entered immediately before and/or immediately after it. If a sleepover is saved without at least 4 hours of shift entered on either side, Astalty captures a SCHADS scheduling award alert. Add or extend the adjacent work where appropriate, or arrange the required payment in payroll. Pay Award Minimum Engagement does not automatically pay the four-hour sleepover-adjacent minimum.

Check the Worker's Award

SCHADS and Aged Care use different sleepover allowances and active-work rules. Review the applicable page before payroll.

Nurses and Health Professionals interpretations do not pay a passive sleepover or sleepover allowance. Roster their overnight work as active work and verify the applicable conditions. NDIS billing and employee award pay are separate calculations.