Scheduling

Questions relating to scheduling bookings, calendars etc

Allocation
Plait has a number of "tricks" when it comes to allocating bookings to care workers (or runs). In the simplest case you can click in the Care W...
Tue, 21 Jun, 2022 at 10:40 AM
Runs
Some providers like to plan their care in "Runs", and then have a carer (or sometimes two carers) do the whole run.  This makes planning less flex...
Thu, 6 Aug, 2020 at 2:07 PM
What checks are performed when a booking is created / updated?
Allocating a visit to a care worker can be complicated, and the system tries to ensure that only appropriate allocations are made.  At the time of writing (...
Thu, 9 Feb, 2023 at 1:53 PM
Allocating an instance of a recurring booking in the client calendar
When a care worker goes sick you will normall move their bookings to another care worker in the Plan. Occasionally you won't be able to do this - maybe ...
Tue, 1 Dec, 2020 at 11:39 AM
Viewing Unallocated Bookings
An unallocated booking is a booking with at least one unassigned carer - so a single carer booking with no carer assigned, or a double hander with less than...
Wed, 13 Jan, 2021 at 9:01 PM
Care workers induction phase and shadowing
Plait supports "phases" of employment, which are configured on the Employment Reqs tab of the Organisation form.  Every organisation must have an ...
Fri, 18 Nov, 2022 at 5:00 PM
Dealing with temporary rota changes when using Runs
This article looks at how to make temporary changes to visit allocations (e.g. due to care worker sickness or holiday), when the visit(s) is assigned via a ...
Tue, 17 Jan, 2023 at 10:47 AM
Deleting a booking that has already started
First of all - this is almost certainly not a good idea unless it has been confirmed by the office, or was a manual check-in with no geolocation checks.  If...
Thu, 9 Feb, 2023 at 12:55 PM
Travel Time checking
Plait will automatically check that a care worker has got time to get from one booking to the next.  It works as follows: The system calculates the usua...
Thu, 9 Feb, 2023 at 1:52 PM