EXAMPLES FOR JOB PLANNING

Scenario A parenting group is 12 sessions long, each group takes a half day, when prep, tea breaks, etc. are taken into account, and you need 2 people to run each group.

QUESTION: How many half days from the team capacity plan do you need to allocate over the quarter to run one group?

ANSWER: 12 half days x 2 people = 24 half days

QUESTION: How many half days will each of the clinicians have allocated in their personal job plan?

ANSWER: 12, or one per week

Scenario Your service offers: A manualised therapy of 22 appointments To complete it each appointment is 1.5 hours You have one clinician who offers this therapy They have one half day per week for this work

QUESTION: How many clients can be seen in the year?

ANSWER: 45 weeks worked in the year One half day per week means 45 half days per year capacity You can have two appointments in a half day = 2 (appts) x 45 (half days) = 90 appointments available in the year Each client needs 22 appointments So there is capacity for 4 clients per year, or one per quarter # appts available 22 appts per client # clients per year ÷ = 90 22 4.09 ÷ =