St. Bernard’s Group Homes Case Study St. Bernard’s Group Homes is a Health Agency located in Fethard and was established in 1975. It provides care and support to children who have suffered abuse. The agency is 100% funded by the South Eastern Health Board. They have between 70 – 80 employees. The homes operate a 24-hour per day roster. There are 4 units in the main area and one located a short distance outside the town. This unit houses children with physical disabilities. “Before the Time Management System was set up the home operated a manual roster system, for all employees. There are a number of variations of shifts and the organisation of these rosters was very time consuming and hence a lot of paperwork was generated which was not only tedious but prone to frequent errors”, according

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