One connected platform
Childcareshift recruitment software
Build the nursery's rota, fill the gaps, pay the week.
Bulk shifts, rota patterns and break rules on one desk — with approved hours running straight into pay and the nursery invoice.
- Rota & patterns
- Fill the gaps
- Safeguarding
- Clock-in
- Weekly pay
- Fill-rate
How the desk runs
One platform, from the rota to the weekly pay run.
Set the pattern once
A nursery needs a qualified practitioner today. Nights, alternate weeks, particular days to a month end — set the pattern once and the run is created rather than entered shift by shift.
Work the whole run together
A big order arrives as a run of shifts, not one booking. Work all of them together, with filled, working and open counters moving as the desk covers them.
Break and fatigue rules applied
The fatigue, break, recent-hours and duration checks you have configured sit alongside the booking, so a practitioner is not rota'd into a pattern that breaks them.
Today, across every nursery
Timeline puts the day's shifts across all nurseries in one view. What decides whether the contract is kept is whether the practitioner arrives cleared, qualified and ready for the room, and the gaps are visible before a manager has to ring.
Hours in, week paid
PAYE, umbrella or contract arrangements with AWR and holiday pay, built from the hours actually worked once the nursery has approved them.
Cover and fill-rate
Dashman shows fill-rate by setting, perm pipeline and the qualifications you are short of.
Checks and clearances
Safeguarding confirmed before any placement
Childcare placements turn on clearances that expire. Each one is held against the worker with expiry alerts, and confirmed before a booking is committed rather than after the practitioner has arrived.
How documents and expiry work- Enhanced DBS with expiry alerts
- Ofsted and EYFS suitability
- Paediatric first aid certification
- References confirmed on the worker record
What the agents add
AI agents working on the childcare desk in the background.
Sourcing Sam
Fills the rota's open shifts from the practitioners who are free and cleared.
Compliance Clara
Flags enhanced DBS coming up for expiry.
Timesheet Tommy
Reads submitted timesheets and preps PAYE, umbrella or contract arrangements with AWR and holiday pay for review.
Growth Grace
Surfaces new nursery leads worth a call.
Manager Max
Briefs the desk each morning on fill-rate by setting.
Questions
Shift Childcare recruitment software questions.
Can it handle repeating rota patterns?
Set the pattern once — nights, alternate weeks, particular days to a month end — and the run of shifts is created from it rather than entered one at a time.
Are break and fatigue rules enforced?
The fatigue, break, recent-hours and duration checks you configure sit alongside the booking, so the desk sees the conflict before a practitioner is committed to it.
How are a run of shifts filled quickly?
Bulk shift copy and the Booking Desk work a whole run together, with filled, working and open counters moving as the desk fills them.
Does approved time feed payroll directly?
Approved hours build the weekly pay queue and carry into invoicing in the same run, rather than being re-keyed into a separate payroll system.
What checks does a childcare placement need?
Childcare placements turn on clearances that expire. Each one is held against the worker with expiry alerts, and confirmed before a booking is committed rather than after the practitioner has arrived. The desk holds enhanced DBS with expiry alerts, ofsted and EYFS suitability, paediatric first aid certification, references confirmed on the worker record.
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