First week for new care workers at Haverleigh Care, a fictional provider
First week checklist slide grouped by day for a new starter
A first week checklist slide tells a new starter what happens on each day of their first week, so they arrive knowing what to expect and what to bring. This one is for new care workers at Haverleigh Care, a fictional home care provider, grouped into Monday, Tuesday, the middle of the week and Friday.
What is on the slide
- Title
- Your First Week at Haverleigh Care.
- Day 1 and day 2
- Monday: meet your buddy, collect uniform and ID badge, sign in to the roster app, tour the office. Tuesday: manual handling and infection control training, then read three client care plans.
- Days 3 and 4
- Mid week: four shadow visits with your buddy, then a 20 minute debrief with your team leader.
- Day 5
- Friday: lead one visit with your buddy watching, then a check in on what to repeat next week.
When this is the right slide
Pick this slide for a welcome session or pre start call, when a new starter needs to see what happens on each day of the first week, written to them, with one main task per day.
What to swap it for
Timeline: Numbered Phase Rail. Use the numbered phase rail when each of the four blocks needs several bullet points rather than one or two sentences in a card.
What this slide shows
The title reads Your First Week at Haverleigh Care. Four cards sit in a row, each with a coloured tab, a day name, one or two sentences and an icon medallion on a connecting line at the bottom. DAY 1, Monday: meet your buddy, collect your uniform and ID badge, sign in to the roster app and tour the office. DAY 2, Tuesday: complete manual handling and infection control training, then read three client care plans. DAYS 3 AND 4, Mid Week: four shadow visits with your buddy, then a 20 minute debrief with your team leader. DAY 5, Friday: lead one visit with your buddy watching, then a check in on what to repeat next week. The icons run from a handshake through a graduation cap and two people to a tick, which mirrors the move from welcome to doing the job. The slide speaks to the new starter as you throughout, which makes it read as a plan for them rather than a list of tasks for HR.
When this is the right slide
Use a first week checklist slide in a welcome session, a pre start call or a buddy's first conversation with a new starter, when the goal is to calm nerves and set clear expectations. It suits roles with required training in the first days, such as care, hospitality, warehousing or retail. It is the wrong slide for the whole onboarding journey with owners and checkpoints, which the onboarding process example covers in eight steps from offer to the 90 day review. It is also the wrong slide when the first week varies a lot by person; then a shorter list of fixed moments, with the rest left to the team leader, is more honest. For a team that hires often, the slide becomes part of a consistent welcome: every new worker sees the same week, every buddy knows what to cover, and team leaders can compare how each person settled. A short first week plan also helps with retention, because people who know what is happening are less likely to feel lost and leave in the first month.
How to adapt it
First, add times to the Monday card, such as Arrive 8:30 am at reception, because the first morning is when people most need detail. Second, make a version for each role, keeping the Monday and Friday cards the same shape and changing the middle cards, so a kitchen hand and a care worker each see their own week. Third, after the first week, ask the new starter which card was wrong and update it, so the slide stays true. Keep the language in the second person and the tone plain, because the reader is new and may not know the internal names for teams, systems or places. If the week includes a required check, such as a police check or a vaccination record, put it on the Monday card so it is done first.
What makes this slide work
Day tabs answer when
Each card is headed by a coloured tab, DAY 1, DAY 2, DAYS 3 AND 4 and DAY 5, with the weekday name below. A new starter can find today's card in a second and see that the middle of the week is grouped because it is one block of shadow visits.
Each day has one main job
Monday is about people and kit, Tuesday about required training, the middle of the week about shadow visits, and Friday about leading one visit. One job per day keeps the week manageable and gives the team leader a simple question to ask each afternoon.
Friday ends with a real task
Lead one visit with your buddy watching, then a check in on what to repeat next week. The week builds from watching to doing, and the last card shows the new worker that by Friday they will have done the job once with support.
Questions people ask
Why group a first week checklist by day?
Because new starters think in days. Monday morning is the moment of most worry, and a slide that says exactly what happens on Monday answers it. Grouping by topic, such as training or systems, is tidier for HR but leaves the new person working out their own timetable.
How much should a first week slide ask of a new starter?
Less than managers expect. One or two main activities a day, as here, is realistic once forms, introductions and getting lost are counted. A crowded first week slide tells people they are already behind. Put the full induction list in a document and keep the slide to what matters each day.
Should a first week checklist include training names?
Name the training that is required by policy or law, such as manual handling and infection control, so the new starter knows it is not optional. Leave product or system training as a general line unless it has a fixed time. Exact course codes belong in the welcome email.
Who should show the first week slide to a new starter?
Their team leader or buddy, on the first morning or in a welcome call the week before. Hearing it from the person they will work with makes the plan feel personal. It also gives the new starter a chance to ask about anything on the slide, such as what a shadow visit involves.
What makes the Friday card important?
It ends the week with a small, real achievement: here the new worker leads one visit with the buddy watching. A clear Friday goal gives the whole week a direction and gives the team leader something specific to check in about. It also tells the new starter what good looks like by the end of week one.
How does this slide fit with the onboarding process?
The first week is one step inside a longer onboarding process that runs from the signed offer to the 90 day review. Show the process slide to managers and HR, and this day by day slide to the new starter. Each answers a different question for a different reader.
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