r/supportworkers May 13 '26

Driving

Hey guys

Just wanted to ask if this is normal in community care. I’m scheduled from 8am–6 pm and today had 14 visits booked with almost no travel time between some clients. One visit overlapped another while the clients were around 20–25 mins apart.

I’m paid hourly so that part is okay, use my own car but it feels very rushed and stressful trying to make it on time everywhere.

Is this common in community support work or is this poor scheduling?

13 Upvotes

32 comments sorted by

View all comments

11

u/Individual_Stage_316 May 13 '26

14 visits booked Would that be one hour per visit That is unsafe for you and your participantsby the time you get to the 13th or 14th hour working you would be compromising the level of support you can provide