Software Settings

Use this page to configure Safeguard to your school's procedures.

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Information & Downloads
Create Local Backup

Downloads an excel spreadsheet file in your browser to your device. This file contains all the safeguarding records information including:

Column Heading Description
First Name The student's first name.
Last Name The student's last name.
Type

The type of record, for example:

  • Concern
  • Incident
  • Early Help
  • Communication
Date / Time Logged When the record was made.
Logged At At which school the record was created.
Logged By Which member of staff created the record.
Information The description typed by the member of staff.
Categories The categories selected for the record.
Body Map Indicates that there is a body map. You can't see the body map in the excel file but if the cell contains some code, this means that body map was added to this record.
Import Staff Opens the Staff Import page so that you can import the staff spreadsheet file, see our help topic, Bulk adding users to Safeguard Record Manager.
Customise System Messages Opens the Customise Messages page.
User Guide Downloads the PDF user guide for designated safeguard leads.
Staff Quick Start Downloads the PDF user guide for staff.
General Settings
Allow all staff to record Physical Interventions Shows or hides the Record Physical Intervention link shown under the Safeguarding section.
Allow all staff to log Behaviour Incidents Shows or hides the entire Behaviour Incidents section. When you disable this, the option on the Dashboard page is replaced with a View Settings option that opens the User Manager page.
Allow all staff to view Behaviour Incidents Shows or hides the View Incidents button shown in the Actions column of the search results table listing students that you have searched for.
Allow all staff to log Communications Shows or hides the Add Communications link shown under the Safeguarding section for normal staff users.
Allow all staff to add actions Shows or hides the Add Safeguarding link shown under the Safeguarding section for normal staff users.
Allow DSL's to set staff names when adding actions. Shows or hides the Staff Name box under the Add Information section on the Student Profile page.
Allow DSL's to set the date and time manually. Shows or hides the Manual Date picker under the Add Information section on the Student Profile page.
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'Notify Staff' when adding Concerns, Incidents and Early Help Shows or hides the Notify Staff list on the New Safeguarding Concern for {student name} page.
Two-Factor Authentication Turn on or off two-factor authentication, see our help topic, About my account settings.
Attendance Alerts
Percentage The threshold percentage at which, if a student's attendance falls below, they are listed on the below attendance list.
Custom Student Tag
Acronym The letters of the custom tag that you want to create.
Name The full name of the custom tag.