Recording time for a group shift

Creating a Group Shift

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Creating a group shift is very similar to creating a regular shift, exceptbut that when appropriate, thisit allows you to have more than one personparticipant on the same shift.

To create a group shift, 

1. From the home page, click on the Start Group Shift button or onin eTime Live, select the icon with two people to start a sharedgroup shift.
2. Select the participants in that shift
   • Only participants that have a sharedgroup job shared between them can be selected together.
   • If only one of the participants in this group is available for this shift, do not select a group shift. InsteadInstead, selectstart an individual shift with that participantparticipant.
   • Once a participant is selected, participants who do not have a sharedgroup job with the selected participants will not be grayed out. selectable.
3. Select the sharedgroup job from the list.
   • The group jobs listed on this screen, are the only jobs available for the combination of the selected participants.
4. If the selected job and method arerequire EVV Required,, select a start location for each participant.
   • If this is thea shift is takingtakes place at onea of the participants'participant's home, select home for that participant and community for everyone else.
   • If the participantshome arethat's siblingsbeing orused livefor ina thegroup sameshift household,is youshared canby any participants, select home for allthese of themparticipants.
   •  If the shift is not taking place at any of the participants,participant's home, you can select community for all of them.
5. Review the selections made.made Clickand click Add to finish startingstart the shift.

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Edit a Shift

1. From eTime Live, navigate to and select the running shared shift.
2. Add all required information for each participant.
   • Staff activities must be added separately for each participant for COMHAB and SEMP jobs.
   • Adding an event to a group shift will apply it to all participants in that shift.

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Ending a Shift

If during a shift there is a change in location or or number of participants, you should end the current shift and start a new one with the current shift details. 

1. From eTime Live, navigate to and select the running shared shift.
2. Fill in all required information for each participant.
   • Activities are required for COMHAB and SEMP (Job Coach and Job Developer) jobs and these are added separately for each participant. 
   • Activities are not required when submitting Time Off.
   • Adding a meeting, training, or other event to one of the participants, will apply the same to all other participants in the shift.

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Submit a Shift

Shifts are submitted for approval on an individual basis.one.

1. From the homepage, use the green "End Shift" button, or or when viewing the shift in eTime Live, click the End Shift button
2. Verify that all informationshift isdetails completedare andadded correct for the shift.properly.
   • If the selected job and method are EVV Required, select athe end location for each participant.participant
3. Click Review the information.
4. Click Submit.

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