Sadly for me, I *am* the caretaker. I have two lawns (one is boggy, so I just leave the clippings on that one) but yeah I plan on rake days after mowing to rake up the clippings on lawn #1.
I do use grass clippings as part of my deep litter but I try to keep clippings short (to avoid crop issues) and I let them dry out a bit before adding them, both to keep the grass from from clumping, and to deter the chickens from eating too much of it, as my flock doesn't like to eat dried...