# 14 April 2026

Source: https://docs.astalty.com.au/training-and-updates/sessions/april-2026/14-april-2026

> This training session covered Group Supports & Staff Payments

This training session covered Group Supports & Staff Payments

Video walkthrough: Astalty Weekly Training 14th April 2026 - Group Supports & Staff Payments.

## We covered the following:

### Group Supports

- **Overview**
  - Purpose of Group Supports
  - Difference between support types (Direct Support, Group Support, Shift, Break)
- **Configuring Supports**
  - Setting Time and Date
  - Selecting Support Type (Service Type)
  - Group Support Name
  - Setting the Charge Item Set
  - Group Support Address
  - Assigning Support Workers
  - Meal Breaks
  - Selecting Participants
  - Group Travel
    - Travel types (To Support, During Support, From Support)
    - Configuring duration, distance, and driver
    - How "During Support" travel is shared across Participants
  - Support and Admin Details
  - Setting Charges
    - Automatic charges via Charge Item Set
    - Manual charges and when to use them
  - Additional Charges
- **Managing Group Shifts**
  - Duplicating a Group Support
    - Cloning an existing shift to save setup time
  - Editing a Group Shift
  - Adding Notes and Documents
  - Assigning Support Workers Later
  - Updating Participant Details
    - Viewing Participant profile, cancelling support, and adding notes
  - Managing Charges per Participant
    - Deleting charges and adding custom charges
  - Updating Support Worker Shift Details
    - Adding breaks, clocking in, contacting workers, publishing/unpublishing
  - Updating Travel
  - Adding Participants After the Shift

### Staff Payments

- **Overview**
  - Purpose of Staff Payments
- **Staff Payment Setup**
  - Payment rates
  - Bank account configuration (ABA)
  - Contractor setup
- **Processing Payments**
  - Creating a payment batch
  - Calculating and finalising payments
  - Downloading the ABA file
  - Marking payments as paid
- **Reports**
  - Staff Payments report (Admin view)
  - My Payments report (Contractor view)
  - Export options

For more information, visit the following guides:

- [Adding a Group Shift](https://docs.astalty.com.au/guide/scheduling/adding-shifts/adding-a-group-shift)
- [Staff Payments - Settings](https://docs.astalty.com.au/guide/finance/staff-payments/settings)
- [Staff Payments - Processing](https://docs.astalty.com.au/guide/finance/staff-payments/processing)
- [Staff Payments - Reports & Exports](https://docs.astalty.com.au/guide/finance/staff-payments/reports-and-exports)

**New Feature Highlight**

[Support Tasks](https://docs.astalty.com.au/guide/scheduling/shift-tasks)