Mobile Device Management for Children's Homes

Mobile device management (MDM) controls what the home's phones and tablets can do: which apps, which websites, which networks. For staff phones and for a young person's phone, from £4 a device a month.

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A company phone with no controls can be used for anything. MDM lets you decide in advance what each phone or tablet can do, and enforce it remotely, whoever is holding it.

For staff, that means work phones used for work. For a young person, with the social worker's agreement, it means a phone that blocks unsuitable content and chat rooms but still lets them stay in touch. MDM works on Apple and Android phones and tablets, including older models and devices already in use.

What MDM can control

Websites and apps

Limit the websites a device can visit, and stop apps being installed or removed.

Profiles for each group

Different restrictions for carers, managers, head office and young people.

Hardware features

Turn off the camera, Bluetooth or NFC, and limit Wi-Fi to approved networks.

Lost or stolen devices

Locate a device, lock it, or wipe it remotely.

Changes everywhere at once

Push a new app or setting to every device in every home in one go.

Data and location limits

Monitor or cap mobile data use, and apply geo-fence limits where appropriate.

A managed mobile phone in a children's home

Phones for young people

Young people are not always aware of the risks of chat rooms and social media. With the social worker's authorisation, a home can give a young person a phone that is set up for them: unsuitable content and apps blocked, approved contacts and services available, and settings that can be changed as their placement plan changes.

For young people, we can supply a phone that is locked down before it arrives at the home: only the apps the placement plan allows, no way to reset it or remove the protection, VPNs, hotspots and changing the clock blocked, safe search and restricted YouTube always on, an internet curfew at night, and location that cannot be switched off. More about locked-down phones for young people.

If a young person goes missing with a phone we manage, the home can ask us to locate it. How locating a missing young person's phone works.

Phones for staff

Staff turnover in care is high, and phones go with it. MDM means a leaver's phone can be locked the moment they leave, wiped and handed to the next member of staff with the right apps already on it. It also keeps company phones for company use.

MDM works hand in hand with IT asset management, so you always know which phone is where.

Cost

MDM is a monthly subscription from £4 per device per month, depending on the number of devices. It can be applied to any Apple or Android phone or tablet, so you are not tied to a particular make.

Questions we're asked

Does MDM work on iPhones and Android phones?

Yes. MDM can be applied to Apple and Android phones and tablets, including older models.

Can MDM be added to a phone we already use?

Yes. We can apply your home's MDM profile to a phone that is already in use by following a few simple steps.

Does MDM filter the internet when a phone is away from the home?

MDM controls the websites and apps a managed phone can use wherever it is, including on mobile data. Inside the home, the home's web filtering applies as well.

Can you locate a missing young person's phone?

Yes, if it is a phone we manage and it is switched on with a signal. The home emails or calls us, we locate it and log the result against a ticket for the missing-from-care record. How it works.

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