Case study

Social Care Operations PWA

A staff operations PWA for a UK social care provider, installable on any device, replacing scattered paperwork and group chats.

Care TechUnited KingdomProgressive Web AppLive
Social Care Operations PWA hero screenshot
Admin dashboard, operations at a glance
At a glance
Client
UK social care organisation (anonymised)
Timeline
Iterative build, in production
Stack
Lovable, React, Supabase, PWA architecture

The problem

Like most small-to-mid social care organisations, the client was running staff operations across a patchwork of WhatsApp groups, paper forms, and shared spreadsheets. Information went missing, accountability was fuzzy, and there was no single source of truth for who was doing what, when.

Off-the-shelf platforms were either too expensive, too rigid, or too generic for the way the organisation actually worked.

What I built

Progressive Web App

Installable on phones, tablets, and desktops without an app-store deployment.

Staff operations management

Assignments, schedules, task tracking.

Role-based access

Managers, frontline staff, and admin all see the right view.

Operational records

Replacing scattered paperwork with structured, searchable entries.

Real-time updates

Staff see changes immediately across devices.

Care-sector-appropriate UI

Clean, calm, usable on a phone mid-shift.

Visuals
Admin dashboard, KPIs, approvals & open issues
Admin dashboard, KPIs, approvals & open issues
Rota Requests, review and approve staff changes
Rota Requests, review and approve staff changes
Transport Logistics, live vehicle map
Transport Logistics, live vehicle map
Transport Schedule, daily driver assignments
Transport Schedule, daily driver assignments
Team Chat, channels per house & community
Team Chat, channels per house & community
Reports, operational and payroll insights
Reports, operational and payroll insights
Home, quick actions & on-call rota
Home, quick actions & on-call rota
Timesheets, monthly shifts & sleep-ins with BrightHR import
Timesheets, monthly shifts & sleep-ins with BrightHR import
Shift Marketplace, browse and request bank shifts
Shift Marketplace, browse and request bank shifts
Family Connect, log updates for management approval
Family Connect, log updates for management approval

The outcome

The PWA replaced a stack of disconnected tools with a single, installable app that works on every device the staff already own, no procurement of new hardware, no app-store delays.

The build also became a reference case for the next product I'm working on (Aiderra), proving the operational patterns that scale across UK care providers.

Tech & architecture
  • Progressive Web App: installable, offline-aware, works on iOS and Android without store submission.
  • React frontend with role-aware routing.
  • Supabase for auth, Postgres data, and realtime updates.
  • Designed mobile-first for in-shift use.
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