In our most recent blog article, we investigated how nurseries can support flexible working for both their staff and their customers. Today, we’d like to focus specifically on how cloud-based nursery management software can help support both.
Features to support parents and carers
Parents and carers need flexibility and excellent communication channels to manage their child care needs now. At Redfish, we’ve known this for a while, however the pandemic has illustrated the importance of powerful nursery management software very clearly. Parents want to know what’s going on, when, and how they can get in touch.
Our nursery management software has a simple-to-use facility to issue pre-written letters and emails. Plus it also makes it really easy to send texts at the push of a button. No planning is required; you can just poke and go.
However, our software also offers an engaging and interactive parent portal that enables nursery managers to issue updates and provide useful information wherever they are; be that on site or working from home. And there is a useful diarising facility for progressing enquiries and arranging visits, which is again available wherever you have the internet. Now that’s flexible working.
Features supporting flexible working for staff and management
One of the key qualities about the Redfish nursery management system is that it is cloud based. This facilitates flexible working in a variety of ways, and enables nursery managers to be off-site and still have their finger on the pulse 24/7. When a member of staff logs in, they are presented with an intuitive dashboard with information displayed according to their login permissions. Here are a few examples of what we’re talking about:
- One application covers multiple sites.
- All information is instantly available wherever you have access to the internet.
- Information can be site specific.
- All details are stored centrally.
- Changes to data are updated real-time.
- Updates can be shared with staff and parents immediately.
- Easy collaboration coordination is facilitated.
- All management information is accurate and up-to-the-moment.
- Non-essential staff can work remotely.
- Training can be carried out remotely.
Extremely flexible management functionality
Our software incorporates fully flexible registers, which enables you to hide children from registers and remove invoices without having to mark the child as a leaver. This means you can respond to short term changes in a family’s situation quickly, easily, and efficiently.
You also have over 60 reports at your fingertips, which cover all aspects of nursery operations, including financial, staffing, parent contact, and occupancy.
Of course, there’s actually a lot more to it than that, and if you’d like to read up in detail please do click here to get a full run down of all the features our nursery management software offers.
However, if you’d prefer to chat to find out more, we’d delighted to discuss your nursery’s needs. Please do give us a call on 01536 527150. We understand that choosing the right nursery management software is a big decision, and that a smooth transition from one system to another is critical. Be assured, therefore, that you’re never in this alone.