Adding to the Directory
Your Safer Schools England App has 3 directory functions.
The National Policies and Guidance directory is added and maintained by the team at Safer Schools and INEQE Safeguarding Group. Its contains government guidance, resources and policies relating to keeping children safer on and offline. Links are provided to the relevant documentation and it can be accessed by Staff Roles Only.
The Safeguarding Help Directory is available in all roles, with only age appropriate contacts available. It contains links to help organisations users might find useful and can be filtered by category. Where possible, phone numbers, links and email addresses are provided. These buttons are interactive, meaning you can get help directly within the App. The school can also add to this for themselves if they’ve any local organisations they want to be available.
The Staff and School Directory is populated by the school. Administrators add staff and school contacts as desired and set the appropriate audience.
Adding a Contact
Step 1 Log in to the web management portal.
Step 2 Navigate to Directories on the left hand menu. Click it, and select the appropriate directory from the dropdown menu.
Step 5 Upload a profile image if you’d like!
Step 6Click Submit! This will add to the relevant roles of the App immediately.
Bulk Add
You can upload all school staff members/contacts at once by using the Bulk Add button.
Step 1 Click the Bulk Add button.
Step 2 Download the template file for upload. This is a .csv file.
Step 3 Fill in the columns as required.
Step 4 Designate which user roles you’d like the contact to be available to using the following corresponding numbers in the VisibleToRole columns:
Safeguarding Lead - Primary - 1
Safeguarding Lead - Secondary - 2
Staff - Primary - 3
Staff - Secondary - 4
Bursar - Primary - 5
Bursar - Secondary - 6
Parents and Carers Primary - 7
Parents and Carers Secondary - 8
Pupil Primary KS2 - 9
Pupil Lower Secondary - 10
Pupil Middle Secondary - 11
Pupil Upper Secondary - 12
Step 5 Save the file. Navigate back to the portal and drag it to the area with the plus or click it and find it in your documents.
Step 6 Click Upload Members
Edit Or Delete A Contact
You can edit or delete any contacts you’ve added with the buttons on the right of the contact. You will be asked to confirm the changes also.
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