颁辞尘辫补苍测:听Florence Rota
Founder(s): Dr. Charles Armitage and Dan Blake
奥别产蝉颈迟别:听
顿别蝉肠谤颈辫迟颈辞苍:听Florence Rota is the UK鈥檚 first rota听SaaS听software designed entirely for care homes.
Florence Rota, developed in 2020, is the UK鈥檚 first rota听SaaS听software听designed entirely for care homes – providing essential support through the Covid crisis and beyond. With 62% of care home managers saying their staff rota takes up the majority of their time per week (due to Covid-related absence,听as听well听as听social care鈥檚 122,000-vacancy staffing gap), it鈥檚 never been more important for homes to maximise scheduling efficiency and put that time back in to focussing on care.
Care managers waste hours per day manually updating rotas in the form of paper calendars or excel sheets,听as听well听as听juggling phone calls and Whatsapp group notifications to find available staff. Or, they struggle with dated and confusing听software听packages that aren鈥檛 designed for care teams.
Florence Rota removes these problems by helping managers build rotas smoothly, in minutes. Staff are automatically texted daily shift invites, which they accept by tapping听a听link. The online rota is updated automatically in real time, with no chasing or constant rounds of manual editing needed from managers.
Another benefit of Florence Rota鈥檚 efficiency is it maximises the hours worked by permanent staff, instead of agency staff. Reducing agency staff movement between care homes is听a听key component of infection prevention in care homes during the coronavirus pandemic, and Florence Rota has helped care homes uphold this.
In fact, in December 2020, Florence Rota received听a听拢140,000 Innovate UK grant听as听part of the government鈥檚 efforts to fund products to help the coronavirus recovery effort. Since then, over 1,000 active workers have been signed up to Florence Rota and are using the platform via their organisations.
In 2021, Florence Rota is adding HR tools to the platform to expand its value to care homes even further – including the ability to track absence, holidays and shift swaps. For Florence Rota,听as听with the other听tech听products under the Florence brand, the mission is to make working life easier for those working in social care.
As听care home manager Michelle of Dene Grange care home in Northumberland states, 鈥淚f it鈥檚 an emergency, normally I鈥檇 have to ring 50 people, so it makes听a听big difference – we鈥檙e [now] getting 75% shift of gaps covered.鈥�
