Recording allegations about staff

There is space in Impero EdAware to record allegations about staff members. This is an area of the system that you should be careful to keep restricted to just two people in the school; typically the head teacher or principal and chair of governors. Regardless of permissions, no-one is able to view allegations about themselves. This is part of acknowledging the impact unfounded and malicious allegations can have and that you must ensure you support employees through the process. 

To add an allegation you will need to ensure you have access to people and allegation management. This can be arranged in the Administration section. Make sure 'Manage Single Central Record' is checked in order to view the Staff tab.

Next head to Staff and select the staff member that you need to record against. If you have permission, there is '+ Allegation' to click on.

Adding an allegation uses the same principles as adding a concern about a child. There are spaces to record who is involved, when the allegation dates from and what type of allegation is being recorded.

Once you have completed the form as much as you can, click on Save and the concern is logged against the staff member. You can review the allegation and add more details or the results of the investigation by selecting Allegation from the menu on the left. 

Opening the Allegation then lets you see the saved details, add comments as a reply or outcome and designate the type of outcome that occurred. 

Remember that there are careful guidelines for the retention of records of allegations whether founded, unfounded, or malicious.