I have a job interview next week for part time bookkeeping position in a nursing/residential home for people with dementia/alzheimers. Is there anything to be aware of - any particular points re bookkeeping for a nursing home that i should be aware of?
I'm not really sure if this position is "me" as such - but i'm looking forward to the interview.
Any thoughts?
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I do residential homes. Main things - food and the owner trying to put their own food through, usually easy to spot. Residents food bought from Netto, Lidl, Aldi, Morrisons - own food receipts M&S, Sainsbury, Waitrose !!!!!!
You may find lots of receipts - all cash, so lots of inputting which can be a time thief. Another thing to watch for are lots from the same shop on the same day and within minutes of each other (picked up from other people's shopping).
You shouldn't have to bother with VAT as residential homes are exempt, although some may have registered to take advantage of a loophole from the 1980s, when they could claim for against repairs, only ones with a majority of LA funded residents would do this because they then had to charge VAT on fees and stand those for private residents, and not de-registered straight after.
I do three residential/care homes books and payroll.
The only thing I would mention is that if their residents are paid for by the local authorities these authorities have their own pay cycle. So where I work I do the billing for each resident on a monthly basis but the authorities pay on a two, three, or four week basis so the payments will never match the invoices so you have to make sure that the correct number of days paid is allocated to the correct invoice, quite straightforward.
One other thing, some authorities expect a payment certificate to be signed and returned to them once the payment has been received to ensure that the resident is still there etc and this will ensure that the next payment is made. If certificate is not returned no payment is made (I know from experience after filling it with the remittance advice,).
And as Sheila said, they are just the same as any other business.
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