A homeless charity that provides temporary accommodation and support services to adults in Luton and Dunstable, has launched a smartphone app and cloud based monitoring service to protect their lone workers.
The staff at Signposts offer 24 hour support to vulnerable and sometimes high risk individuals so the charity felt they needed a way to monitor and protect their employees. After a review of the market Signposts decided to roll out the StaySafe app.
The British Standard BS8484 accredited app, which works on smartphones and tablets, tracks employee location via GPS and sends alerts if they do not check-in within a specified time. The charity can keep track of staff whereabouts using the StaySafe online Hub which locates workers on a map and provides real-time updates on their GPS location. If an employee activates the app’s panic button or fails to check in, alerts are automatically triggered and are responded to by Securitas. Securitas are one of StaySafe’s official partners who offer optional 24/7 outsourced monitoring and response services to StaySafe clients.
Emma Jones, Project Support Manager at Signposts says; “Our employees can work unsocial hours and we are rarely office based so we needed a safety device that would fit in to our hectic and varied schedules. I was really impressed with how easy the app was to use and I thought it was great value. The app has been well utilised by our employees and having our alerts monitored by Securitas gives us added peace of mind.”
Don Cameron, CEO of StaySafe, adds: “StaySafe is great for community based organisations like Signposts because the app has been designed to adapt to variable working patterns. For example, Signposts utilise our check-in feature, where employees are required to check-in at set intervals specified by their employer. This is great for monitoring employees who have very fast paced or unpredictable working patterns where a traditional set-timed session is too restrictive.”
Visit www.staysafeapp.com.
