All absence should be logged on Evolve. For guidance on checking an absence record click here

1. Click on 'Log Absence'

2. The following screen will now be presented to you

All fields must be filled in.

Staff Member: Click on the arrow to the right of the box, a list of support worker names will appear that is ordered by surname. The support workers home team is recorded next to their name in brackets. 

Category: 

Start Date: This is the first date of the Annual leave. A calendar will appear by clicking the 3 small dots to the right of the text box, or you can enter the date manually. Please use the DD/MM/YYYY format.

End Date: This is the last date of the Annual leave. A calendar will appear by clicking the 3 small dots to the right of the text box, or you can enter the date manually. Please use the DD/MM/YYYY format.

Total Number of Hours: Total number of hours that the support worker will be taking over the period of leave being logged.

3. To complete logging this instance of leave, click ‘Next’

4. Once the process has run, you will be presented with 2 options

a. ‘Go to Rota’

Clicking on this link will take you to the support workers home team. You can then navigate to the date the annual leave has been applied and check that it has been applied correctly.

b. ‘Return to Homepage’

Clicking on this link will return you to the Homepage

Deleting Annual Leave

If you log annual leave incorrectly you must delete every slot of annual leave from the rota. If you do not delete all of the leave this will result in the support worker being paid incorrectly

To remove annual leave from the Rota

1. Double click on the annual leave slot, the following screen will appear. Click on the delete icon that is  highlighted at the top of the following image

2. To confirm the deletion of this leave slot from the rota the following message will appear, this will only delete the leave from the date stated. Click on OK, if you are sure that this is the date you wish to delete

3. Step 1 and 2 must be repeated for each day you want to delete leave from. Once this has been deleted. You must then go back and re-apply the leave via the Record Leave link on the home page.