nickdavies791/concern-app

Concerns

An app built in Laravel to record and manage safeguarding concerns for schools.

Installation

Clone the repo and install project dependencies:-

$ git clone https://github.com/nickdavies791/concern-app
$ npm install
$ composer install

Configuration

Rename .env.example to .env and run the following command to set up the key used for encryption:-

$ php artisan key:generate

Open the .env file and configure the file to use your own information.

Run the following command to perform the initial setup:-

$ php artisan concerns:setup

Note: You can run the commands individually. See below for the description of what each command does.

Artisan Command	Description
php artisan concerns:setup	Runs all commands below.
php artisan migrate:fresh	Creates all tables in the database.
php artisan admin:create	Creates a default admin user.
php artisan roles:create	Creates all of the roles. See Roles and Permissions
php artisan tags:create	Creates the default tags. See Tagging a Concern
php artisan groups:create	Creates the default groups. See Creating Groups

The default admin details are:-

Username: [email protected]
Password: secret

Sync Data From SIMS

Concerns app allows you to sync your data directly from SIMS using the Assembly API. To sync your data, log into the application using an admin account.

**Note:** Before authorising and syncing data, ensure your database does not have dummy data.

Authorising Assembly

In Settings, select the 'Authorise' button. Log into your Assembly account to authorise the Concerns app with your account. Once authorised, you will be redirected back to the Concerns settings page.

Sync Staff and Students

In Settings, select the 'Sync Students' or 'Sync Staff' button to sync your students from SIMS to the Concerns app. The sync may take a while depending on the data stored in your SIMS.

Features

Including a Body Map

Staff can support their written concerns by including a body map, identifying areas on the student which show physical marks/bruises or injuries. To do this, you can select 'Include a Body Map' when creating a new concern or updating an existing concern. Simply click on the areas that you want to highlight and each point will be recorded and numbered.

Roles and Permissions

The following roles exist in Concerns app:-

Role ID	Role Name	Usage	Documents	Students	Concerns	Comments	Groups
1	User	$user->isUser()	view	none	none	none	none
2	Staff	$user->isStaff()	view	view	view shared, view own, create, update own	view all, create, update own	view
3	Safeguarding	$user->isSafeguarding()	view, create, delete	view	view all, create, update all	view all, create, update own	view, create, update, delete
4	Admin	$user->isAdmin()	view, create, delete	sync	view all, create, update all, delete	view all, create, update all, delete	view, create, update, delete

Tagging a Concern

You can assign a concern with a specific set of tags to better understand all of your logged concerns and to help with reporting.

The default tags are:-

ID	Tag
1	Domestic Abuse
2	Sexual Abuse
3	Neglect
4	Welfare
5	Physical Abuse
6	Emotional Abuse
7	Child Sexual Exploitation
8	Female Genital Mutilation
9	Bullying
10	Cyberbullying
11	Injury
12	Mental Health
13	Behaviour

Creating Groups

The default groups are:-

ID	Name
1	All Staff
2	Attendance
3	Behavioural
4	Learning Support
5	Safeguarding
6	Senior Leadership
7	Year Leads

Notes

Assembly Education

This app uses the Assembly API by Assembly. https://assembly.education to authorise with SIMS and retrieve related data. The following data is pulled from SIMS using Assembly for this application:-

Scope	Description
students.photo	The photo of the student
students.ever_in_care	The ever_in_care status of the student
students.siblings	The siblings of the student
students.sen_needs	The SEN needs of the student
students.sen_provision	The SEN category for the student
students.basic	The basic student information (e.g. Forename, Surname, Year)
students.middle_names	The middle names of students
students.legal_names	The legal names of the students
students.former_names	The former names of the students
students.upn	The unique pupil numbers of the students
students.former_upn	Any former unique pupil numbers of the students
students.dates	The start and end dates of the students
students.dob	The date of birth of the students
students.enrolment_status	The enrolment status of the students
students.pan	The pupil admission number of the students
students.mis_id	The unique MIS identifier for the students
staff_members.basic	The basic staff information e.g. (Staff code, name, title)
staff_members.emails	The email address of the staff member
staff_members.teaching_status	The current teaching status of the staff member

Themes

Argon Dashboard Theme by @creativetim - https://www.creative-tim.com/product/argon-dashboard