What does On the Button give me for my money?

Services to:

 Save time.

 Save money.

 Save anguish.

 Safeguard a life.

Support for a whole team ethos around:

 Safeguarding being everyone's responsibility

 Everyone under 18 years of age should be safeguarded

 The well-being of all adults in your organisation should be acknowledged for appropriate support

 The welfare of a child, family and the organisation is a team effort and not done by one person in isolation

 Never dismissing news headlines - it could happen here

 Understanding that any and every child could have a potential safeguarding need

• Secure software designed by early years providers, backed by consultants and safeguarding trainers working within early years.

• An unrestricted amount of SMS messaging to ensure nothing goes unnoticed.

• A 10 minute video to set up the software for the setting.

• A 5 minute video for your team to use On the Button.

• Further short videos for the senior team to maximise the benefits of using On the Button.

• Ongoing WhatsApp texting with a human for further queries and support.

• Video meet-up by appointment (day, evening or weekend) for in-depth help if required.

• Regular newsletters featuring new features/improvements, serious case reviews, dates for your diary, etc.

• Opportunities to network with other settings using the software through regular video conferencing facilitated by the On the Button team.

• Access to On the Button’s YouTube channel, which features trusted products, services, and training that support well-being and safeguarding and help to handle more serious complaints. New information is added regularly.

• Permission to add the On the Button logo to your website and documentation to highlight your setting’s commitment to the care and welfare of children and your team.

• Potentially, protection against ‘an unsatisfactory’ or ‘requires improvement’ Ofsted outcome.

On the Button software enabling you to:

• Access On the Button through a double-authenticated system on a tablet or pc.

• Keep sensitive information in one secure place, that’s easily accessible on a need-to-know basis and clearly separate from other information.

• Your Safeguarding Policy to be put into practice.

• Encourage everyone in your organisation (room staff, administrators, kitchen staff, etc.) to offload uncomfortable concerns and log them for a child or colleague, making logs normal and relieving their anxieties.

• Professionally formatted logs of concern alongside body maps and descriptions of injuries,

• In-house whistleblowing, which can be done anonymously too.

• The information is shared only with those that need to know.

• Safeguarding logs are immediately notified to those on a need-to-know basis by email and SMS message and must be acknowledged in some form, so nothing is overlooked.

• The DSL and senior staff may add the actions and outcomes to the record.

• Lower-priority records concerning a child/adult’s general well-being are brought to the attention of senior staff through a daily email and SMS message, allowing appropriate support to be provided.

• The number of concerns made over a 24-hour and six-week period is highlighted to show the buildup of issues.

• DSL and senior staff can add further information to each log, including intended actions and outcomes.

• Logging complaints from the family, alongside outcomes and intended preventative actions, as appropriate

• When appropriate, instant PDF reports concerning well-being and safeguarding are available for external professionals or the next provider, reducing the manual hours of compilation and presentation.

• A family report detailing complaints, the outcome, and steps to prevent the situation from reoccurring. These may be tied to safeguarding a child, information for Ofsted, or quality assurance purposes.

• The knowledge that Sue Asquith and Greg Wolff have endorsed the software, both recognised safeguarding trainers and providers of consultancy services.