The time period used to determine the daily rate is 8 hours. A day is defined literally as a calendar day i.e. from 00:00 to 23:59. Thus: Per hour £5.60 Per day £44.80 Per week £313.60 Calculation of STB payments Day care: For a period of less than 24 hours, not including an overnight stay, the actual number of hours up to a maximum of 8 is paid. Overnight (under For a period of less than 24 hours, which includes an overnight stay, 24 hours): the actual number of hours up to a maximum of 8 up to midnight, plus the actual number of hours up to a maximum of 8 from midnight. 24 hours plus: For a period of more than 24 hours, the actual number of hours up to a maximum of 8 on the first day, then the daily rate for every subsequent day, including the last day. (There will be few occasions when a child would leave their carers before 8:00 a.m.) 4. Support Foster Care Short Breaks – Support foster care is a service provided to: looked after children already placed with Norfolk CC Foster Carers children not yet looked after who are living with their own families When an accredited foster carer provides a placement for a child as part of a series of Short Breaks, a retainer will be paid for the duration of the agreed short break plan, as long as the number of overnight stays that the child has with the foster carer is not less than an average of 4 per month throughout the agreed period. The retainer will be equal to the accreditation fee for the carer, but never more than a level 4 fee. No more than 1 retainer will be paid to a foster carer, even though they may enter in to more than one Support Foster Care arrangement at a time. The retainer will cease as soon as there are no Support Foster Care arrangements in place. The carer will receive their normal fee and allowance when a child is with them, so 1 night with the carer will attract 2 payments, 2 nights 3 payments etc. If a part of the Support Foster Care plan includes care offered during the day, but not overnight, then the carers will receive a full payment of both allowance and fee per day, regardless of the duration of the day care provided.
The time period used to determine the daily rate is 8 hours. A day is defined literally as a calendar day i.e. from 00:00 to 23:59. Thus: Per hour £5.60 Per day £44.80 Per week £313.60 Calculation of STB payments Day care: For a period of less than 24 hours, not including an overnight stay, the actual number of hours up to a maximum of 8 is paid. Overnight (under 24 hours): For a period of less than 24 hours, which includes an overnight stay, the actual number of hours up to a maximum of 8 up to midnight, plus the actual number of hours up to a maximum of 8 from midnight. 24 hours plus: For a period of more than 24 hours, the actual number of hours up to a maximum of 8 on the first day, then the daily rate for every subsequent day, including the last day. (There will be few occasions when a child would leave their carers before 8:00 a.m.) 4. Support Foster Care – Short Breaks Support foster care is a service provided to: looked after children already placed with Norfolk CC Foster Carers children not yet looked after who are living with their own families When an accredited foster carer provides a placement for a child as part of a series of Short Breaks, a retainer will be paid for the duration of the agreed short break plan, as long as the number of overnight stays that the child has with the foster carer is not less than an average of 4 per month throughout the agreed period. The retainer will be equal to the accreditation fee for the carer, but never more than a level 4 fee. No more than 1 retainer will be paid to a foster carer, even though they may enter in to more than one Support Foster Care arrangement at a time. The retainer will cease as soon as there are no Support Foster Care arrangements in place. The carer will receive their normal fee and allowance when a child is with them, so 1 night with the carer will attract 2 payments, 2 nights 3 payments etc. If a part of the Support Foster Care plan includes care offered during the day, but not overnight, then the carers will receive a full payment of both allowance and fee per day, regardless of the duration of the day care provided.
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