Every room covered,
open to close. Sorted.
Roster educators room by room, keep Working with Children Checks and first aid up to date, and see the gaps before the week starts.
Room by room
Babies, toddlers and kinder on one roster, openers to closers, so you see the whole day at once.
Checks on file
Track Working with Children Checks, First Aid, anaphylaxis and asthma training, and see when each one is due to run out.
Gaps, spotted early
Set your own “at least 2 educators in the toddler room” rule and the roster lists any time that falls short.
Built around a long day care week.
Pick "Childcare or early learning" in the welcome wizard and your team is set up in minutes: no implementation call, no sales demo.
- Your team, ready to go Educators, room leaders, an early childhood teacher, a cook and a centre director, plus a typical week to start from: an opener, a middle shift and a closer in the babies’, toddler and kinder rooms, 6:30am to 6:30pm on weekdays.
- Working with Children Checks and training Track who holds what and when it runs out: Working with Children Checks, First Aid, anaphylaxis and asthma training, child protection, Certificate III and Diploma qualifications, teacher registration and food safety. Keep the card number and state on file. You get a warning before you roster someone without one.
- Your own room rules “At least 2 Educators in the Toddler Room, 7am to 9am.” Set a rule for one room or the whole centre; the Schedule page and the Monday summary list any time that falls short, and Build my week tries to fill it. You choose the numbers; TEAM MATE doesn’t work out ratios or check them against any law.
- First aid cover while you’re open Tick the suggested rules and TEAM MATE warns you when nobody with First Aid, anaphylaxis or asthma training is rostered on between 6:30am and 6:30pm.
- Suggested rules for childcare A meal break on shifts longer than 5 hours, 10 hours off between shifts, no shift longer than 8½ hours and none shorter than 2. Common starting points: you check them, switch them on, and change any number.
- Handover notes What the opener wants the closer to know.
- Someone calls in sick? Post it as an open shift, free staff ask for it from their phone, and you pick who takes it.
- Leave without the paperwork Staff request leave from their phone and see their balances, and approved leave shows on the roster before you schedule over it.
The app your educators will actually open.
Shifts land in their pocket the moment you publish, and in their phone calendar too. No more ringing round at 6am to cover the opening shift.
Free for your first 10 staff.
Actually free.
Not a trial. No card details, no locked features. One honest price when you grow past 10.
Start freeQuestions childcare centres ask.
Can I keep track of Working with Children Checks?
Yes. Record each Working with Children Check, First Aid, anaphylaxis and asthma training, child protection, qualifications and teacher registrations, and when each one runs out, and TEAM MATE warns you before you roster someone who doesn't have what their job needs.
Can it tell me when a room is short?
Yes. Set your own rule, like "at least 2 educators in the Toddler Room from 7 to 9 am" or "someone with First Aid on while we're open", and the roster lists any time that falls short. You choose the numbers; TEAM MATE doesn't work out ratios or check them against any law.
Does it handle early openers and late closers?
Yes. Each room has its own shifts, so you see who opens, who's in the middle and who closes, room by room, on one roster.
How do educators see their shifts?
On their phone. Shifts land the moment you publish, with the room and the times, and they clock in and out from the same app.
Built for every crew.
TEAM MATE started in Melbourne cafés and restaurants. The same app runs all of these crews too, each with its own setup in the welcome wizard.
