CANSVision
What it does

CANSVision in detail

A closer look at the tool, and how it protects the information it holds about children.

01

Assessment

Follows the instrument: domains, items, and the modules that open beneath them.

  • Anchor definitions beside every item
  • Modules open only when a rating meets the threshold
  • Saves as you go, across more than one sitting
02

Certification, built in

Checks that the person rating is certified to rate, one of the Praed Foundation's requirements for CANS-based applications.

  • Raters record their certification and upload evidence
  • Warned from 60 days before it expires
  • Lapsed? Drafts carry on, but finalising is blocked
03

Reporting

A finalised assessment becomes a clear PDF report, emailed to the person who asks for it.

  • Every item scored, colour-coded, with rationale
  • Priority action areas drawn out at the top
  • Nothing kept in CANSVision once it's sent
04

Insights

Each reassessment shows what has moved since the last one.

  • Compared with the previous assessment, item by item
  • A new assessment starts from the last
  • Follow a child across their time in a home
05

Across a home or service

See the picture across a group of children, not just one at a time.

  • Which domains are driving need across the home
  • Emerging issues spotted early
  • Change evidenced at service level for commissioners and inspectors
Built on the CANS UKDomains, items and modules held as data, not hard-coded
Your children onlyEach organisation sees only its own children and assessments
Familiar sign-inStaff use the work accounts they already have

Security and data protection

CANSVision holds sensitive information about children in care, so protecting it is built into every part of the tool.

Pseudonymised by design

Children are recorded by initials, age and a CANS reference, never full names or dates of birth. Location is held only as the first half of the postcode, and the rationale box warns if personal details are typed in.

Where the data sits

In Microsoft's UK data centres, inside the Microsoft cloud platform.

Who is responsible for what

Your organisation remains the data controller. StablePath Ltd, the company behind CANSVision, acts as processor under a written Article 28 agreement, and provides a Data Protection Impact Assessment to support your own.

Access

Staff authenticate with their existing organisational accounts. Access is controlled by role and scoped to your organisation. Activity is logged, with access records available on request.

Reports

Reports are generated on request and emailed to the person who asked for them. No copy is kept in CANSVision, so the report lives in your own record, under your own retention rules.

Multi-agency pilots

Where an assessment is facilitated by a partner organisation, access and reporting are scoped so results reach only the authority responsible for the child.

Pricing

Simple pricing in bands by number of users, with no charge per child and no limit on the number of children. Set so that a single children's home or a small agency can afford it. Get in touch and we'll give you a figure for the size of your service.

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