# How To Roster a Sleepover Support

Source: https://docs.astalty.com.au/guide/scheduling/scheduling-faq/how-to-roster-a-sleepover-support

> A video overview of rostering a sleepover support.

Scheduling add-on - This feature requires the Scheduling add-on, which is available on Astalty Premium. See How to enable Scheduling.

## Overview

Use a **sleepover support** when a worker sleeps at the location and may provide support during the night. The video demonstrates the scheduling workflow.

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

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

Video walkthrough: how to schedule a sleepover support.

> **Same-day (early morning) sleepovers**
>
> A sleepover no longer has to cross midnight - an overnight sleepover that starts and finishes on the same day can be saved as long as it begins before 6:00 AM (e.g. 12:00 AM to 8:00 AM). See [Adding a Sleepover or Active Overnight Support](https://docs.astalty.com.au/guide/scheduling/adding-shifts/creating-a-sleepover-or-active-overnight-support#same-day-early-morning-sleepovers).

## 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?](https://docs.astalty.com.au/guide/scheduling/scheduling-faq/how-to-claim-for-respite).
- For **SIL supports**, you may choose to use **Direct Charges** instead.

See [Direct Charges](https://docs.astalty.com.au/guide/finance/direct-charges) for setup and charging instructions.

## Sleepover Duration

The form saves a sleepover of any length. [Scheduling Award Alerts](https://docs.astalty.com.au/guide/scheduling/scheduling-award-alerts) check it in the **Suggested Support Worker** table as you choose a worker, and in the [Schedule Alerts](https://docs.astalty.com.au/guide/schedule-alerts) report once it is rostered: SCHADS flags a sleepover shorter than eight hours, and Aged Care flags one outside 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.

![The Schedule Alerts page filtered to Shift Duration, with the highlighted Award Alerts popover open on a sleepover's 1 alert badge. It shows a Sleepover Adjacent Work alert citing clause 25.7(f), applying to Full Time, Part Time and Casual.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/sleepover-adjacent-work-alert.png)

> **Review the full sleepover rules**
>
> For more detail, see [Sleepovers within a package that crosses midnight](https://docs.astalty.com.au/guide/scheduling/adding-shifts/creating-a-sleepover-or-active-overnight-support#sleepovers-within-a-package-that-crosses-midnight) and the [Scheduling Award Alerts](https://docs.astalty.com.au/guide/scheduling/scheduling-award-alerts) guide.

## Check the Worker's Award

[SCHADS](https://docs.astalty.com.au/guide/scheduling/scheduling-faq/schads-interpretations-in-astalty#sleepovers) and [Aged Care](https://docs.astalty.com.au/guide/scheduling/scheduling-faq/aged-care-award-interpretations-in-astalty#sleepovers) 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.