Log Communication for {student name}

Note: If you don't see this page, this means that this is turned off in your Software Settings, see our help topic, Managing your Safeguard Record Manager software settings.

Use this page to add a safeguarding communication record to the student's chronology.

Navigation: Search > Results > Students row > Create > Add Communication.

Log Communication
Information Information detailed by your designated safeguarding lead (DSL).
Communication The details of the communication taken.
Who was the communication with? Who the communication was with, for example, this might be with someone at an agency.
Include Other Children Any other student's whose chronology you also want to add this communication record to.
Include Siblings on this concern If the student has siblings at this school, they appear here and you can add this record to their chronologies too. If set to Yes, Safeguard adds this new record to the listed students' chronology too.
Notify Staff Sends the selected staff member a notification email about the new record.
Manual Date

This only appears if the setting toggle is set to Yes, on the Software Settings page.

Opens a date picker so that you can select when the communication occurred. If you don't pick a date, Safeguard logs it with the current date and time. When you add the record, this is where it appears in the student's chronology.

Log Communication Attaches the communication record to the Student Profile page under the Chronology section.