Feature Spotlight
      Back to home
      1. Help Center
      2. Care Hires For Care Providers
      3. Feature Spotlight

      Post Multi-Block Shifts with General and Sleep-In Blocks

      You can now post a single job that includes both General and Sleep-In shifts—ideal for overnight supervision, supported living, and residential care services. This helps reduce admin, avoid fragmented bookings, and improve compliance and worker exper

      What’s Changed?

      Before:
      You had to post General and Sleep-In shifts separately—even if they were part of the same shift.

      Now:
      You can post a single job made up of up to three sequential blocks, with any combination of General and Sleep-In types. New UI updates show the job blocks in job cards, list views, calendar views.

      ✅ Less admin
      ✅ One job, one booking
      ✅ Aligned with how care is actually delivered

      Examples of Allowed Block Combinations

      • General only

      • Sleep-In only

      • General ➔ Sleep-In

      • Sleep-In ➔ General

      • General ➔ Sleep-In ➔ General

      • Sleep-In ➔ General ➔ Sleep-In

      How to Post a Multi-Block Job

      1. Go to Post a Job

      2. Add up to 3 shift blocks

        • Add shift information and start building your job as a General, Sleep-In or Combined shift

        • Set Start Time and End Time for each block

        • Review the total shift duration

      1. Add paid/unpaid break if needed

      2. Choose recurrence if needed (weekly/monthly pattern)

      3. Select the required Skills on the Job Preferences page

      4. Review and submit the job

      Timesheet UI Changes

      image (16)-1

      Key Rules & Validations

      ⛔ You can’t:

      • Add more than 3 blocks

      • Use back-to-back blocks of the same type (e.g., General ➔ General)

      • Overlap block times

      • You cannot post General only shifts for more than 16 hours, but this rule does not apply if the shift has more than 1 block or for sleep-ins.

      ✔ The system will:

      • Auto-calculate total duration across all blocks

      • Allow Sleep-In “wake-up” time to be logged by the agencies at the timesheet level when submitting (counted as General hours for pay)

      Skills & Worker Matching

      When you post a multi-block job:

      • The skills you select apply to the entire shift, including any Sleep-In blocks

      • Matching, filtering, and visibility use the selected skills across all blocks

      • This ensures the right workers are matched, even for blended shifts

      How Pay Is Calculated

      Each block is billed separately based on its type:

      Block Type How Pay Is Calculated
      General Hourly (based on day, time, enhancements, etc.)
      Sleep-In Fixed or hourly rate (based on agreement)
      Sleep-In Wake-Up Paid at General hourly rate (if worker awake >15 mins; timesheet-based)
       
      Timesheets
      When submitting timesheets now you can see the split between blocks and even record waking time for sleepin jobs. If the workers sleep is interrupted by calling them back to the job, invoices will get adjusted based on waking hours cost. 
       
      FAQs

      Q: Can I post more than 3 shift blocks?
      Not currently—up to 3 blocks per job is supported.

      Q: Can I add skills to only the Sleep-In portion?
      No — all skills apply to the full shift. Sleep-In blocks inherit skills selected for the job as a whole.

      Q: Can I reuse these blocks for recurring patterns?
      Yes — set the recurrence (weekly or monthly) and define an end date or number of occurrences.

      Need help setting up Multi-Block Shifts?
      Contact your CareHires Customer Success Manager or email support@carehires.com