Forget Spreadsheets And Headaches
While Residential Care Scheduling Software Does The Job For You

  • Automate workforce schedules for everyone
  • Ensure timesheet compliance
  • Centralize scheduling across departments
  • No mistakes in cumulative working time accounting
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Why Care Providers Choose OPTAS

OPTAS helps social care homes to simplify scheduling and focus more on people — not paperwork.

Residential care home manager Rasa using OPTAS
Rasa K.
Residential Care Home Manager

Building schedules used to take most of my week, especially with last-minute changes. Now everything is centralized and automatic — I can create schedules and generate timesheets in minutes, without worrying about compliance.

Social care coordinator Tomas using OPTAS
Tomas J.
Social Care Coordinator

We manage multiple care units and shifting staff between them was always confusing. With OPTAS, I can instantly see availability, reassign staff, and know everyone is informed without chasing people.

Care assistant Eglė using OPTAS
Eglė M.
Care Assistant

I like that everything is clear and in one place. I can check my shifts, track my hours, and get updates immediately. It makes planning my time much easier.

Time-saving solutions

Less administrative burden means more time for you
Automated scheduling

Schedule like a pro

Drafting social care staff schedules doesn’t have to feel like a never-ending battle. Whether you manage 50 or 500 employees, you can plan, approve, and share work schedules in minutes with OPTAS.

Automated employee work schedule creation
Centralized department workflows

Move your staff across departments

Team short-staffed? Whether it’s planned leave or a last-minute sick call, move staff across departments and see all their working hours in one place. Shift data is automatically merged into a single record, so you can close the payroll period with confidence.

Employee transfer and working time management across departments
Compliant timesheets

Generate timesheets free of mistakes

Every planned shift, hour worked, sick day, leave request, and break is automatically recorded. Actual worked time is accurate to the minute and formatted with your own custom codes. When the period closes, export it straight to your payroll system or share it for audit.

Timesheet generation compliant with labor code requirements

More reasons to schedule with OPTAS

Less admin, happier teams, full compliance. What’s not to love?

Standardize your staff scheduling and time planning

Straightforward processes

Go from employee requests to timesheets ready for audit at the click of a button. Digitize and standardize your entire scheduling process across every department, and put an end to the chaos, once and for all.

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Give more flexibility to your staff

Boost your team’s productivity

Evenings only? No Wednesdays? No problem! Give your team one place to check their schedule, request changes, and track their hours without chasing people down or dealing with last-minute no-shows.

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Happy social care team

Manage staff schedules wherever you are

Always within your reach

Left the office and need to make a last-minute schedule change? No need to drive all the way back. Access schedules, submit requests, and approve them securely on your phone or computer.

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Social care worker explaining benefits of OPTAS

Effective accounting without mistakes

Automatically fill out timesheets

When you ditch the paper and manual work, you finally get your time back. OPTAS integrates with your payroll system and speeds up timesheet data transfer, complete with accurate scheduling information and your custom codes.

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Worker using scheduling software

Automated labor law compliance

Scheduling without headaches

No more worrying about discrepancies in your schedules or timesheets. The system automatically applies labor laws and your custom rules and alerts you the moment a violation is detected.

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Woman manager is happy with results

Standardize your staff scheduling and time planning

Straightforward processes

Go from employee requests to timesheets ready for audit at the click of a button. Digitize and standardize your entire scheduling process across every department, and put an end to the chaos, once and for all.

Learn more
Two women smiling and looking at the tablet screen

Give more flexibility to your staff

Boost your team’s productivity

Evenings only? No Wednesdays? No problem! Give your team one place to check their schedule, request changes, and track their hours without chasing people down or dealing with last-minute no-shows.

Learn more
Happy social care team

Manage staff schedules wherever you are

Always within your reach

Left the office and need to make a last-minute schedule change? No need to drive all the way back. Access schedules, submit requests, and approve them securely on your phone or computer.

Learn more
Social care worker explaining benefits of OPTAS

Effective accounting without mistakes

Automatically fill out timesheets

When you ditch the paper and manual work, you finally get your time back. OPTAS integrates with your payroll system and speeds up timesheet data transfer, complete with accurate scheduling information and your custom codes.

Learn more
Worker using scheduling software

Automated labor law compliance

Scheduling without headaches

No more worrying about discrepancies in your schedules or timesheets. The system automatically applies labor laws and your custom rules and alerts you the moment a violation is detected.

Learn more
Woman manager is happy with results

Work on your terms

Scheduling software that understands social care

Flexible hours tracking
Paperless documents and approvals
Time and attendance tracking
Easy integrations
Sick leave and absence tracking
Shift templates
Stories to inspire you

N. Genytės residential care center

When providing complex social care services for children and adults and ensuring proper working conditions for care staff, pen and paper don’t cut it. Find out how N. Genytės residential care center began its digitization journey, automated work schedules, and streamlined cumulative working time tracking in just one month.

Solution designed for the social care sector

Say goodbye to scheduling hiccups, staffing gaps, and compliance errors. By digitizing your workforce planning, OPTAS unifies schedule building, timesheet management, request handling, and document approvals into one seamless platform, so the last week of the month doesn’t feel like playing Sudoku with schedules.

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How does residential care scheduling work?

OPTAS makes social care staff scheduling go from messy to effortless in 5 steps:

  • 01

    Request employee availability

    Ask your employees to put their availability for the upcoming work period.

  • 02

    Set rules

    Specify staff demand, select rules and priorities for the auto-scheduler.

  • 03

    Start auto-scheduler to work

    The system automatically creates a schedule based on the staffing demand, employee availability and preferences.

  • 04

    Make changes

    You can make necessary changes to customize the schedule.

  • 05

    Publish schedule

    Receive notifications to your phone about new schedules or any changes.

Next Steps

If you’re ready to automate your staff scheduling, let’s find the optimal solution for your organization.

Book a discovery call
  • Contact us
  • We’ll arrange a discovery call to discuss your needs
  • We’ll organize a workshop for you to get the feeling of what it’s like to fully automate medical staff scheduling
  • If you like what you see, we’ll get you ready in no time

Frequently asked questions

Got questions about residential care scheduling? We’ve got answers.

OPTAS is suitable for care and residential facilities of all sizes, but you’ll get the most value if you need to schedule at least several dozen employees.

You can sign up for a discovery call to learn more about what OPTAS has to offer. During the call, we’ll get a better understanding of your scheduling challenges and how OPTAS can be tailored to your needs.

Yes, OPTAS can be configured for various rotating schedules and shifts. The system automatically fills in schedules based on your rotating shift templates.

Yes, OPTAS makes it easier to manage your cumulative working time processes, track balances, strategically distribute working hours, apply accounting rules, and complete timesheets without errors.

The best software for social care staff scheduling depends on your goals and team size. However, OPTAS offers a tailored scheduling solution for social care and residential care facilities. It handles everything from rotating shifts and cumulative working time tracking to compliance and timesheet management.

Automated scheduling saves time, reduces errors, and ensures compliance from day one. It factors in staff availability, employee preferences, and staffing requirements to build conflict-free schedules automatically, and instantly flags any violations when changes are made.
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