This house has four participants, Vicki, Karen, Swati & Lorna.

Lorna has recently moved into the house replacing the previous participant who had a much higher amount of funding.

Please note that names, addresses, and exact amounts have been changed for privacy purposes.

INITIAL ANALYSIS
For this house, the provider had not made the necessary adjustments to the house roster factoring in the new participant plan, as well as the new funding amount for Karen’s plan which had reduced in funding from the previous year. Although there was some adjustment in the support being provided, the house was being overserviced in relation to the funding available.

The participants had a combined funding amount of $24,395 per week. Once we completed our review, we identified that the claimable roster cost of the service being provided was averaging $25,115 (actual staff cost was $17,882), a difference of $720 per week.  

REDUCTION IN ROSTER
Working with the Client Services team we were quickly able to find an appropriate roster that provided both adequate support but was within the budget of the participants.

The alignment of the CP schedules allowed for a roster that provided additional support throughout the afternoon when all four participants were in the house and for those periods where medication administration was required. 

Within three weeks we had new rosters and claiming in place that correctly aligned with funding and a few weeks later had Schedules of Support signed off by the necessary stakeholders.

As can be seen in the table below, as a result of the new roster being implemented we were able to reduce the actual staff cost by $513 per week.