Hi - The foster kids have gone back to school today and already I am bored and mooching around the internet! I have come across a website which defines the three types of employment that exist:
"WORKER"
"EMPLOYEE"
"SELF-EMPLOYED"
www.nidirect.gov.uk/are-you-a-worker-employee-or-self-employed
I cannot see that foster caring fits neatly into any of these categories. Foster carers submit our own tax returns and pay our own NI (this makes us self-employed) but cannot submit our own invoices or work for any other agency so are contracted solely to the LA for payment set by them (this makes us not self-employed). Forgive me if this is an old fostering chestnut but I am fairly new to fostering and I have loads of questions to ask. My SSW says it is down to me to sort out my self-employed status, so thought I would throw this one out there for the Mumsnet experts!