Bus Service for special needs children and adults in London

Posted Tue, 04/28/2009 - 14:28 by ciaran_flex

Duty Management :

FlexTime has developed a new system that works with VisionTime called the Duty Manager, which has now ben installed in the Door 2 Door Service in Lewisham, London.

The London Borough of Lewisham through it's Door 2 Door Service, is involved in the safe transport, by bus, of special needs children to school each day. In addition, through it's Adult Services programme, people need to be brought to various centres e.g. day care and respite centres.

lewisham bus It’s important, therefore, for all concerned to know at all times as to what is happening i.e. the family, the bus drivers and assistant, the school teacher, care home staff and the service organisers.

Bus Driver or SNAs clock in as they arrive on shift.  On occasions when a Bus Driver or SNA are perhaps late, or may not have arrived for his/her shift –  the VisionTime Duty Manager will alert those in responsibility, who can then quickly search the system database for a replacement penson with the appropriate skills. 

In addition, VT Duty Manager is specially designed to allow the service organisers to allocate the working time and daily tasks of bus drivers and attendants. The drivers & attendants can then see what work is on hand for each hour on large wall mounted TV screens. This is similar to how you can check flight times at an airport on monitors.

VT Duty Manager allows the supervisor to :

-  Work out, change & save the daily transport routes and to schedule Driver & Attendants to routes, tasks & shifts accordingly
-  Match appropriate skills of Attendants to the children's or adults special needs .The system also calculates hours for payroll.

  • Ask for more details by contacting us at 00353 1 2609680 .