Common use of Visiting Clause in Contracts

Visiting. Where funding is spent on supporting visiting, this must be limited to measures that relate to managing the risks of COVID-19 transmission through visiting – in line with government guidance. Funding must not be spent on generic visiting facilities. • Interaction with Test and Trace The Test and Trace Support Payment scheme is available to people in England who have been asked to stay at home and self-isolate by NHS Test and Trace or are the parent or guardian of a child that has been told to self-isolate. An eligible applicant must be on a low income, unable to work from home and losing income as a result. The Infection Control and Testing Fund provides financial support to providers so they can continue to pay their staff their full wages while they are self-isolating according to government guidelines on COVID-19. The fund aims to ensure that care workers do not lose income because they are self-isolating. We expect the Infection Control and Testing Fund to be the primary way to support social care workers who need to stay at home and self-isolate. If an individual is receiving their full wage from their employer through the Infection Control and Testing Fund, they will not be eligible for the Test and Trace Support Payment scheme. We expect the majority of social care staff will not require the Test and Trace Support Payment. However, those who are not being paid to self-isolate by their employer in this way could be eligible if they meet the criteria. • Interaction with Statutory Sick Pay rebate Eligible employers can use the Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme to claim back employees' coronavirus-related Statutory Sick Pay (SSP). The rebate is available to social care providers as well as funding provided through the Infection Control and Testing Fund. The rebate is targeted at employers with fewer than 250 employees, and they could be eligible if they meet the criteria. • Retrospective costs This funding cannot be used retrospectively to compensate for expenditure incurred before 1 April 2021. It can, however, be used by providers to cover the ongoing costs of activities consistent with the aforementioned IPC and rapid testing measures. The grant must not be used to compensate for activities for which the local authority has already earmarked or allocated expenditure. • Financial pressures This funding cannot be used to address general financial pressures that providers might be experiencing.