Information and orientation

Orientation sessions, recorded once

Plan workshops and one-to-one orientations, take attendance, and note the topics you covered. Cairn turns each session into your iCARE rows.

Today’s schedule: three sessions with their times and rooms, each with Open session, and the next one marked Up next.

A week in information and orientation

What I&O staff do in Cairn, from the first enquiry to the monthly upload.

  1. 1

    New people ask for help

    Newcomers apply online in their own language. You accept them in one queue and they become clients.

    More on online applications
  2. 2

    Run the workshops

    Schedule a session once or weekly, skipping holidays. Text everyone a reminder, then mark who came.

    More on clients and cases
  3. 3

    Report the month

    Each person’s hours and the session’s answers become your iCARE rows. Gaps show before you export.

    More on iCARE reporting

Groups and individuals

Workshops and one-to-one orientations in one place

A workshop and a single orientation are both sessions. Each person is linked to their own case.

  • Up to 100 people in a session
  • Attended or absent, with minutes for each person
  • Record a session after it happened in one step
The Today page on a phone, with the day’s sessions in time order and the next one marked Up next.

What you covered

Only the questions I&O asks

Choose the topics once for the whole session. Cairn suggests group or individual from how many people came.

  • IRCC’s eight domestic topics, with examples
  • Who the session was designed for
  • Language used and supports for each person
A session’s iCARE answers for one client: language, delivery format, support services and the module’s questions.

Ready for iCARE

Every completed session reports on IRCC’s Information and Orientation template, one row for each person who attended.

Missing details show on the session and in Missing iCARE details, long before month end.

  • Group, or individual and family
  • Topics covered, from IRCC’s list
  • Formats, language used, supports and target population
  • Hours worked out from each person’s attended time

Questions about information and orientation

Can’t find what you need? Write to us and a person will answer.

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Does a one-to-one orientation count as I&O?

Yes. Record it as a session with one client. Cairn sets it as individual or family, and you can change that.

What happens if a session is missing a detail?

You can still save it. The gap shows on the session and in Missing iCARE details, with a link to fix it.

Can staff see everyone in a group session?

Staff see only the participants whose cases they can open. Nobody else in the group is named or counted.

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