My plan for living here, in plain words
Where they live and why, school, family time and house rules, written for them to read and sign.
Precinct Care
An app for the young people themselves
Young people get their own app, so their plans are written for them, their voice goes in their file, and their memories go with them when they leave.
Young people in care have a right to know what is written about them and to have their say. Precinct Care gives each young person their own app, on a device the home provides, designed for them rather than for staff.
Where we are: Precinct Care is in final development, shaped with registered managers, Responsible Individuals and Reg 44 independent persons. We are booking demonstrations now and taking a small number of pilot homes. The snippets on this page are from the working system, filled with made-up people and records.
See it in two minutes
Young people vote for the week's evening meals in their app and suggest their own. Staff see who has voted but not what they chose, allergies and diets are checked against each young person's file, and the shopping list is written and costed against the food budget.
Pressing play loads the video from YouTube. Everything shown is demo data: the homes, staff and young people are made up.
What's in the young person's app
Your say goes in your file
What they think about their plans goes in their file, in their own words.
Goals and points
Goals set with their keyworker, points for things done well, swapped for rewards they choose.
My memory book
Photos and memories from their time in the home, shared by their keyworker, and a printed hardback copy to keep.
Messages to their keyworker
A simple way to ask a question or a favour, kept in the record.
Texts from the home
Staff text young people from the home's own number, never a personal mobile, and replies go into their file.
Help when they need it
Calming tips, who to tell if they don't feel safe, and Childline's number.
What's kept about them
A plain-words notice of what's in their file, who can see it and how to ask for it.
Points that are only ever added
Points are given for things done well, such as being kind to someone who was upset or trying something new. They are only ever added, never taken away. Consequences are handled separately, agreed with the young person.
Goals they set themselves
Goals are agreed with their keyworker and shown with progress, such as going to school every day this half term or reaching level 3 at the climbing wall.
Keywork sessions in their own app
Short sessions from their keyworker, on things like healthy relationships, money or sleep, are waiting in their app. No marks, just their thoughts, and their answers go in their file.
A memory book that goes with them
Children in care often leave with few photos of their childhood. Photos from daily logs and activities, chosen by staff, build into a memory book. When it is shared, the young person can see it in their app, and the home can order a printed hardback copy.
Texts from the home's number, not a personal mobile
Staff can text a young person from their file, for a lift, a medication reminder or a well done. Texts go out from the home's own number, so staff never give out a personal mobile. Replies come back into the same thread, the staff on shift get an alert, and every text in and out is saved to the young person's file.
Safe to speak up
The app tells young people, in plain words, what is kept about them, who can see it, and that they can ask to see their file when they're older. It always shows who they can talk to, including their keyworker, their social worker and Childline, and what to do if they are in danger right now.
Your say, and what changed
Young people can send an idea, a comment or a compliment about the home. The manager reads every one, and the "You said, we did" list shows what changed because of them.
See Precinct Care for yourself
Book a 30-minute demonstration. We'll show you the screens your staff, managers and inspectors would use.
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