This application has been designed as a fully comprehensive package covering all aspects of calculating payments to Foster Carers, Day Carers and a variety of 'Respite' placement carers. It can also be used for Agency Payments and for managing the recovery of Overpayments. Information kept in the system includes Carer, Client and individual Placement details.

Once a client is placed with a foster carer, the underlying principle of the application is that no further work on that placement record is required to ensure continuous payments. The system will ensure that birthday, holiday and any ‘pre-set’ allowances are automatically included in the calculations.
The only exception is ‘one-off’ payments where the amount is not fixed, for example clothing.

Sample screen of the Payment Schedules with Age Banding with additional rules for supplementary payments

What information is produced?

This system will produce versatile reports for day-to-day use by staff and management alike. In addition, any ad-hoc reports can easily be generated using information stored in the database. Just a small example of reports that may be Generated, Printed, Graphed or Previewed on screen are:-

Client & Carer Listing, Open Placement Listing, Costings by Client
Clients by Social Worker, Average Weekly Placement Cost, Remittance Advice, Budget Reports, Overpayment Reports, Budget Forecasts, etc.

Reports can be sorted by date range, area, team etc. Report samples are available

Some of the advantages of implementing the Carer Payments System are:

Save Time

• All Carer, Client and Placement details are input from clearly laid out screens.
• Quick and easy methods to search for payment details on the system.
• Staff do not need to worry about 'Boarding Out' rates changing. Increases are easily updated and maintained by the system.

Save Costs

• Will run on your existing PCs therefore, no need to invest in additional hardware.
• Easy to setup with minimal technical support from in-house IT staff.
• The system will check for any overpayments and offer users a variety of options to enable recovery procedures to commence.

Great tools

• Will link to your Creditors to produce cheques or BACS for your carers.
• Many standard reports for daily use.
• For analysis purposes, you can export data to industry standard products like Excel or Lotus.
• Full breakdown of budget information is produced which will help with spending projections and forecasting.
• Yearly maintenance rate change can globally be automatically updated.

Proven Product

• Product has a strong history and was initially launched in 1995.
• Year on year we have enhanced and improved on its design and functionalities
• To date this system is implemented in 45 Authorities across the country, serving hundreds of users.

Support Service

• Our helpdesk support is second to none.
• Majority of queries to our helpdesk are dealt with and replied to instantly.
• On-line/Internet support service is available.