Churches and groups

If you're hiring sitters for a church, a school event or another group, post the job under the group's name instead of picking your own children. If your organization uses Planning Center, connect it once and every sitter you book is added to your People automatically, with a note for each booking.

Post a job for a group

A group job goes through the same steps as any other job (see Posting a job). The difference is the children step.

1. Tap Post a job and pick the date and time.

   Set the start and end of the event as usual.

2. On the Children step, find Hiring for a group? and tap Skip this step.

   It's under + add a child. The Group name screen opens.

3. Type the group's name.

   The field says "Enter group name..." until you type. Use the name sitters will recognize, such as "Grace Church nursery".

4. Tap Continue.

   The button stays greyed out until there's a name.

5. Describe the job.

   There are no children attached to a group job, so say how many kids to expect, their ages and what the sitters will do.

6. Finish the post.

   Choose the location, the rate and who to post it to, check the summary, and post.

Changed your mind? The Group name screen has Posting for your own kids? Choose children to go back. Choosing a group removes any children you'd already picked for that job.

The summary before you post shows a GROUP section with the name, in place of CHILDREN.

What sitters see

Rates, fees and the cancellation policy are the same as for any other job.

Group jobs with more than one sitter

When more than one sitter is booked on a group job, the job keeps each booking separate:

• The job card on the Jobs tab lists every booked sitter. Under Past jobs, the row names them, such as "Maya & Jordan", or gives a count, such as "3 sitters".
• The job page says how many sitters are booked and "Manage each sitter separately for" the group's name. Under Your sitters, tap a sitter to open their booking, where you message them, check their hours or cancel.
• Each sitter submits their own hours, and you pay each one on their own wrap-up.
• Once the job is complete, the page says "Care complete" and lists Receipts, with the amount paid for each sitter.

Planning Center

Connect your organization's Planning Center account and Wyndy adds the sitters you book to Planning Center People. The app lists what you get:

• "Sitters you book are added to People automatically"
• "Each is tagged “Wyndy Sitter” so you can filter a List"
• "Every booking adds a note to their profile"

Connect Planning Center

1. Go to Me, then Account, then Planning Center.

   It's under Integrations, with the note "Sync booked sitters to your org".

2. Tap Connect Planning Center.

   A Planning Center sign-in page opens inside the app.

3. Sign in and allow access.

   Use the Planning Center account for the organization you want sitters added to.

4. Check for Connected.

   You're back on the Planning Center screen, which now shows Connected and a Disconnect button.

If you close the sign-in page before finishing, nothing changes. If it doesn't work, you'll see "Couldn't connect Planning Center" with one of these:

• "Planning Center did not complete the connection. Please try again."
• "Please check your connection and try again."

What Wyndy adds to Planning Center

Sitters are added when you book them. When you first connect, the sitters from your current and completed bookings are added too, so your history comes across.

Disconnect

1. Go to Me, then Account, then Planning Center.

   The screen shows Connected.

2. Tap Disconnect.

   The app explains: "New bookings will stop syncing to Planning Center. This won’t remove anything already in your Planning Center account."

3. Tap Disconnect again to confirm.

   Or tap Cancel to stay connected.

People, fields and notes already in Planning Center stay there. Remove them in Planning Center if you need to.

Good to know

• Planning Center syncs every booking on your account, not only group jobs. If you also book sitters for your own kids from the same account, those sitters are added too.
• One Planning Center connection per account. It's tied to your Wyndy parent account.
• Children are optional for groups. Saved children stay in your profile and aren't attached to the group job.
• Messaging works per sitter. Each booked sitter has their own chat with you.

Questions

Do sitters see our church or group name?

Yes. It's shown under GROUP on the job, so sitters know who they're sitting for.

How do I tell sitters how many kids there will be?

Put it in the job description: the number of kids, their ages, and anything like a check-in process or the room you'll be in.

Does connecting Planning Center change anything sitters see?

No. It only adds information to your Planning Center account.

We disconnected Planning Center. Are the sitters removed?

No. Disconnecting stops new bookings from syncing and keeps everything already in Planning Center.

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