---
title: "Weekly Tasks"
description: "Weekly tasks are a great way to communicate regular daily routines to your support team."
url: https://help.ability8.app/en/articles/97-weekly-tasks
collection: "Using the Schedule"
updated: 2026-10-06
language: en
---

# Weekly Tasks

Weekly tasks are a great way to communicate regular daily routines to your support team.

> **Info:** This feature is only available on the following plans:
> \- Succession Plan with Schedule add-on
> \- Staff Management plan.
>
> To add the Weekly Tasks section to your dashboard, click the **Manage Layout** button (bottom of screen) and turn on **Weekly Tasks**.
>
> Administrators can give other users permission to set up weekly tasks. Go to the **user's profile** > **Permissions** and enable **Edit Weekly Tasks**.

When you set up a weekly task, you can either use the description field to enter brief task instructions or link it to a relative section of the PWD profile where you can upload instructional videos, photos, and guides.

Once set up, your support workers will be able to see a list of tasks for the current day on their dashboard. They can scroll through the week to what's coming up, and access task instructions by tapping the task name.

## Setting up weekly tasks

Administrators and other permitted users can set up weekly tasks by following these steps:

1.  On your **Dashboard** \> **Weekly Tasks** section, click **+Add**.
    
2.  If there are multiple participants, select the relevant **participant's name**.
    
3.  Select the **week day**, **start time**, and **end time**.
    
4.  Enter the **link description** that you want to display, e.g. Shower/Grooming. Support workers will use this link to access task details.
    
5.  For simple task instructions, you can use the **Description** field to explain the task.
    
6.  For complex task instructions, you can link it to a relevant section of the **participant's profile** (e.g Care Requirements) where you have previously uploaded documents, photos, and videos relating to the task.
    
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7.  Click **Save**.
    

## Using weekly tasks

1.  On your **Dashboard** \> **Weekly Tasks** section, tap the task name.
    
2.  Tap **Open** to view task information. Depending on how the task was set up, this may take you to a section of the participant's profile, e.g. Care Requirements.
    
3.  You can view attached files by tapping the **paper clip** icon.
    
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