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Out 'n About
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A computer program that helps safeguard field staff when working away from
their office base.
Recently I heard a radio interview with Diana Lamplugh, director of the
Suzy Lamplugh Trust: The UK National Charity for Personal Safety. Mrs
Lamplugh made a number of interesting points with regard to staff who work
out in the community away from their office base. It is evident that very few
organisations have proper procedures for signing staff out when they leave
the office to visit a client, and signing them back in when they return. The
result is that if someone fails to return managers and colleagues are unlikely
to even be aware that there is a possible problem.
While listening to the interview it occurred to me that a computer could be
used to help safeguard field staff, and I started developing Out 'n About.
* Managers:
Do you know where your staff are during the working day?
Do you maintain a formalised procedure to sign staff out of the office when
they leave to visit a client, and sign them back in when they return?
If a member of staff failed to return to the office by the expected time
would you be aware that there was a possible problem?
* Field Staff:
When you are working away from your office base do your colleagues
know how to contact you?
If you phone the office to report your next planned destination are you
sure that this is noted down correctly and conscientiously?
If you are delayed and fail to return to the office, or phone in, by the
expected time are you confident that your colleagues would be aware that
there was a possible problem?
What does Out 'n About do?
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* Records details of planned destinations when a staff member leaves the
office or reports in by phone.
* Registers a check-in time by which the staff member expects to return to
the office or report back.
* Constantly monitors the status of each staff member and automatically
pops up on the screen with a warning when the check-in time is passed.
* Sounds an audible warning along with the on-screen message when a
staff member check-in is overdue.
Important features of Out 'n About:
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* Runs under Microsoft Windows 3.0 or 3.1 on IBM compatible personal
computers.
* Simple and quick to use. Takes just a few seconds to update as you leave
the office. Quickly updated by your colleagues when you report in by
phone.
* Can be operated by field staff themselves or maintained by secretary,
receptionist or staff manager.
* Compatible with any network system and can be updated from any
workstation. All networked PCs running Out 'n About will immediately
reflect updates as they are made.
* Suitable for use by all types of field staff, such as social workers,
community nurses, sales teams and voluntary workers.
* Runs in the background while you get on with your word processing,
spreadsheet or other PC work. Immediately interrupts you if a staff
member fails to check-in by the expected time.
* Provides the basis for good management practice that safeguards field
staff.
A. S. Jaques
82 Upper George Street
Chesham
HP5 3EH
UK
Phone/Fax: +44-(0)494-783229
Compuserve: 100117,2110
OUTABT.EXE is a self extracting zip file. It contains the full working
program, not a demonstration.