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Public services scheduling

Counter, phones and casework, covered. Every day you're open.

Housing associations, councils and universities serve people at the counter, on the phone and in casework. Soon plans who does what each hour, with the skills and leave your team already has.

What makes scheduling hard in Public services

Public services, in Soon

Soon, in your words. Every board, role and activity below speaks your team's language.

01Plan

The whole week, on one board.

Shifts are cards, days are lanes. See who works when, which shifts are ready and which need you, at a glance.

  • Ready, pending and issue at a glance
  • Week templates
  • Drag and drop
More about Scheduling
02Fill

Let the solver fill it in.

Set what each shift needs. The solver assigns people in seconds, using the roles, hours and rules you set. Nothing is published until you say so.

  • Roles
  • Hours limits
  • Rest time
  • Balanced hours
More about Auto-scheduling
03Shape the day

Plan the day, not just the shift.

Lay out who does what, hour by hour. Coverage updates as you plan, so you see where the day needs people before it starts. Start with shifts and add this when you're ready.

  • Activities inside shifts
  • Coverage by the hour
  • Breaks planned in
More about Day planning
04Adapt

Changes, without the chaos.

Time off and swaps run through Soon instead of email and phone calls. Approve a request in a few clicks and it shows on the schedule.

  • Time off
  • Shift swaps
  • Your rules for requests
More about Leave & hours
05Share

Everyone knows their week.

Publish once. Your team sees their shifts and activities on their phone and in their own calendar.

  • My Schedule on any phone
  • Google and Outlook
  • Notifications
More about Employee app
Where to start

Public services: where to start. The parts of Soon that fit the work.

Customers

Public services teams on Soon.

Ease of use comes first, followed by the speed at which new functionality is developed. And just as importantly, the personal attention from the team really makes the difference.

All customers
FAQ

What teams like yours ask. Answered plainly.

Public services scheduling software plans who covers the counter, the phones and casework each hour, with the skills and leave your team already has. Soon plans the shifts and the work inside them in one place, for housing associations, councils and universities.

Yes. Each kind of work can be its own activity with its own staffing need, and the coverage chart shows when the counter or the phones are short. On Scale, the activity solver plans who does what, hour by hour.

Soon's database runs on AWS in Ireland, and it and its backups stay in the EU. Some services we use, like the AI assistant's provider, are in the US: the security page lists every one, and our DPA applies to every customer.

Other industries

Next week, sorted.

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