Directory - Multi-Channel Hub (Inc. FIS, Local Offer & Adult Social Care) - SaaS only
The Multi-Channel Hub provides Councils with a searchable information Hub bringing all community service information into one place for Adult Social Care, Family & Childcare Services, SEN and other community services to meet Care Act and Children's Act reforms. The All Services Hub is a SaaS solution.
Features
- WCAG 2.1, fully mobile responsive, in-house design expertise
- Data harvesting function, REST API for case management integration
- Advanced Ofsted Feed Manager for Ofsted registered providers
- CQC & NHS Data feeds, Easy Social Media integration
- Search Widget options for projecting content to partner sites
- Providers manage their own listings via secure login
- Easy information sharing via SMS, email. WhatsApp etc
- PA Network, Disabled Children’s Register, Adult Social Care Screening/Referral
- Hosted and supported by Idox
- Easy search and advanced filtering, Communications modules
Benefits
- Bespoke designs & new fully responsive wireframe
- 20 years domain knowledge and expertise
- Automated data harvesting; Ofsted, CQC, NHS, IMIN
- Leading UK platform for Information Advice and Guidance
- No duplication - one data source / multiple channels
- Integrates seamlessly with a Local Authority corporate web site
- Integrates with call centre CRMs - Lagan & Microsoft Dynamics
- Consolidates technology and admin functions into single solution
- Share your content via Search Widget / REST API
Pricing
£25,000 a unit a year
Service documents
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Framework
G-Cloud 13
Service ID
1 2 0 7 8 9 0 4 6 6 4 0 1 6 3
Contact
Idox Software Limited
Jen.roberts@idoxgroup.com
Telephone: 0333 011 1200
Email: frameworks@idoxgroup.com
Service scope
- Software add-on or extension
- Yes, but can also be used as a standalone service
- What software services is the service an extension to
- Idox Open Objects Datastore Platform
- Cloud deployment model
- Hybrid cloud
- Service constraints
- No
- System requirements
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- None - The Solution is provided as a SaaS solution
- No hardware dependencies
User support
- Email or online ticketing support
- Email or online ticketing
- Support response times
- According to our SLA for support which is available on request/during the G-Cloud clarifications stage.
- User can manage status and priority of support tickets
- Yes
- Online ticketing support accessibility
- WCAG 2.1 A
- Phone support
- Yes
- Phone support availability
- 9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
- Web chat support
- No
- Onsite support
- Yes, at extra cost
- Support levels
- According to our SLA for support which is available on request/during the G-Cloud clarifications stage.
- Support available to third parties
- Yes
Onboarding and offboarding
- Getting started
- Onboarding via remote (or on-site for a supplementary fee) training and support services.
- Service documentation
- Yes
- Documentation formats
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- Other
- Other documentation formats
- Training video clips for core functions
- End-of-contract data extraction
- As structured CSV.
- End-of-contract process
- Data is provided to the customer.
Using the service
- Web browser interface
- Yes
- Supported browsers
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- Internet Explorer 11
- Microsoft Edge
- Firefox
- Chrome
- Safari
- Opera
- Application to install
- No
- Designed for use on mobile devices
- Yes
- Differences between the mobile and desktop service
- None
- Service interface
- Yes
- User support accessibility
- None or don’t know
- Description of service interface
- The service users interface interface using a web browser.
- Accessibility standards
- WCAG 2.1 AA or EN 301 549
- Accessibility testing
- Screen readers have been tested with presences.
- API
- Yes
- What users can and can't do using the API
- Users can extract all data on demand, and iterate to extract specific data records or sets of records.
- API documentation
- Yes
- API documentation formats
- API sandbox or test environment
- Yes
- Customisation available
- Yes
- Description of customisation
- Service can be customised to adopt any banding with local configuration options and controls via web admin GUI.
Scaling
- Independence of resources
- High redundancy and load balancing and scalable bandwidth on demand.
Analytics
- Service usage metrics
- Yes
- Metrics types
- Usage statistics and database reporting
- Reporting types
- Real-time dashboards
Resellers
- Supplier type
- Not a reseller
Staff security
- Staff security clearance
- Other security clearance
- Government security clearance
- Up to Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS)
Asset protection
- Knowledge of data storage and processing locations
- Yes
- Data storage and processing locations
- United Kingdom
- User control over data storage and processing locations
- No
- Datacentre security standards
- Complies with a recognised standard (for example CSA CCM version 3.0)
- Penetration testing frequency
- At least once a year
- Penetration testing approach
- Another external penetration testing organisation
- Protecting data at rest
- Physical access control, complying with another standard
- Data sanitisation process
- Yes
- Data sanitisation type
- Deleted data can’t be directly accessed
- Equipment disposal approach
- A third-party destruction service
Data importing and exporting
- Data export approach
- Via the admin user console
- Data export formats
- CSV
- Data import formats
- CSV
Data-in-transit protection
- Data protection between buyer and supplier networks
- TLS (version 1.2 or above)
- Data protection within supplier network
- TLS (version 1.2 or above)
Availability and resilience
- Guaranteed availability
- 99.5% availability per 30 day period
- Approach to resilience
- We provide a highly redundant, load balanced environment with scalable bandwidth on demand.
- Outage reporting
- Outages are reported via the Idox Service Desk.
Identity and authentication
- User authentication needed
- No
- Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels
- Public web is open access. The service provides open access web browsing, secure access for administrator access and professional. Management access is permitted only from internal networks, themselves requiring two factor authentication to access. Access control lists restrict access.
- Access restriction testing frequency
- At least every 6 months
- Management access authentication
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- Username or password
- Other
- Description of management access authentication
- Authentication is via centrally controlled accounts where possible.
Audit information for users
- Access to user activity audit information
- Users have access to real-time audit information
- How long user audit data is stored for
- At least 12 months
- Access to supplier activity audit information
- Users have access to real-time audit information
- How long supplier audit data is stored for
- At least 12 months
- How long system logs are stored for
- At least 12 months
Standards and certifications
- ISO/IEC 27001 certification
- Yes
- Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001
- QMS International Ltd
- ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
- 27/05/2021
- What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover
- Certification covers all functions and services of Idox Software Ltd.
- ISO 28000:2007 certification
- No
- CSA STAR certification
- No
- PCI certification
- No
- Cyber essentials
- Yes
- Cyber essentials plus
- No
- Other security certifications
- No
Security governance
- Named board-level person responsible for service security
- Yes
- Security governance certified
- Yes
- Security governance standards
- ISO/IEC 27001
- Information security policies and processes
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All divisions of Idox, follow the ISO27001 accredited Information Security Management System of Idox Software Ltd.
This ISMS covers all business functions including but not limited to, information systems, networks, physical environment, incident/threat management, project & contract management and personnel management. Information security awareness training is conducted to ensure policies are communicated and ongoing annual internal reviews and auditing is conducted to ensure processes are followed. The system and controls are also externally verified an certified annually as part of the ISO 27001 certification process. Risks raised through internal and external audits are reviewed at management meetings by the information security manager, the appropriate head of business and a board representative.
Operational security
- Configuration and change management standard
- Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
- Configuration and change management approach
- IT change management processes are carried out using Change Requests and records are maintained within the Change Management system. All concerned parties are informed of the status of the request as changes or progress is made as applicable.
- Vulnerability management type
- Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
- Vulnerability management approach
- We monitor OWASP and various vendor alert sources for emerging vulnerability intelligence and patching data. A combination of web application scanning, host vulnerability scanning, and external perimeter proactively identifies any design, configuration, or patching weaknesses. When identified, any threats are assessed in context and where warranted, mitigations are implemented in accordance with their severity. These controls and processes are monitored as part of our ongoing ISMS/ISO27001 auditing programme.
- Protective monitoring type
- Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
- Protective monitoring approach
- Monitoring tools are used to measure server performance metrics as well as storage and network/bandwidth utilisation and unusual server/network/perimeter activity. The alerts from these systems are actively monitored and reviewed and any potential intrusion attempt is raised in line with our security incident reporting procedure for further investigation.
- Incident management type
- Conforms to a recognised standard, for example, CSA CCM v3.0 or ISO/IEC 27035:2011 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
- Incident management approach
- Incidents or suspected incidents are raised to internal service desk and reviewed by the information security manager. They are allocated a risk reference, entered into the information security risk log and tracked until closure. In the case of major incidents, an Incident Response Team will be formed as required with key personal required to investigate and take necessary actions, and a major incident report will be produced.
Secure development
- Approach to secure software development best practice
- Independent review of processes (for example CESG CPA Build Standard, ISO/IEC 27034, ISO/IEC 27001 or CSA CCM v3.0)
Public sector networks
- Connection to public sector networks
- No
Social Value
- Fighting climate change
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Fighting climate change
Idox has adopted the metrics set out in the 3 scopes of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. We have a target to achieve net zero carbon emissions for these scopes by 2040 by eliminating, reducing or offsetting carbon emissions.
In Scope 1: we will eliminate all equipment in offices which produce direct emissions and replace these with energy efficient, electric alternatives. We will eliminate emissions from company owned vehicles by replacing these with electric alternatives.
In Scope 2: we will reduce electricity usage through Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme audits and will eliminate the purchase of electricity which does not come from renewable sources.
In Scope 3: we will reduce business travel through remote working and on line collaboration tools. We will eliminate travel by private vehicles which produce emissions and we will offset emissions from public transport used for business travel and from hotel stays either by choosing operators offering direct offset or by engaging in a compensating carbon offset programme. We will eliminate waste by removing single use plastic products and reduce waste from our offices by ensuring effective recycling of waste, including paper and will offset any non-recyclable waste by engaging in a compensating carbon offset programme. We will eliminate waste from surplus equipment by passing this on for re-use in support of our social contribution wherever possible, where this is not possible we will reduce waste by fully recycling the equipment and we will offset residual emissions in a compensating carbon offset programme.
We are strengthening Idox’s performance as an all-round responsible business that makes a valuable contribution to society, has good governance embedded in its culture and processes, and is on target to achieve net zero carbon emissions.
Our gross GHG emissions of CO2 (tCO 2e) are reported yearly in our published Annual Report. - Tackling economic inequality
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Tackling economic inequality
Idox is focused on building a sustainable business that will benefit its customers, employees, shareholders, wider society and the environment. We take our environmental, social and governance (ESG) responsibilities very seriously. We have implemented substantial changes across our business to create a more diverse, transparent and sustainable business. In future, we will do more to measure and drive our performance.
How we will deliver social and economic benefits to Buyers and the wider community: We will address the social value requirements and the delivery of social and economic benefits to Buyers and their communities on a contract by contract basis. We understand that social value forms part of contract commitments to our public sector Buyers. We work collaboratively with customers to support the specific targets and outcomes that are a priority with their boundaries.
Examples of social value we can deliver to our Buyers: We can: facilitate skills workshops; make financial donations to fund places on training courses, fund community projects that work to tackle economic inequality, reduce the digital skills gap and create training opportunities for those who face barriers to employment and/or who are located in deprived areas, and support educational attainment; donate used IT equipment to VCSEs to support people in deprived areas; provide work experience placements in some localities.
We have a robust social value process and methodology which includes an annual review meeting where we can review our social value delivery performance with the Buyer. This annual review ensures we can understand the customer’s priorities and set appropriate targets for the year ahead, and continuously improve how we deliver social value, based on customer and community feedback and collaboration. - Equal opportunity
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Equal opportunity
Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) are more than just words for us. They’re the hard-and-fast principles guiding how we build our teams, cultivate leaders and create a company that’s the right fit for every person inside of it. Our values and culture underpin our commitment to putting our people first.
At Idox we foster both a top-down and grassroots approach where we strive to create workplaces that reflect the communities we serve, and where everyone feels empowered to bring their full, authentic self to work.
Our guidance to our employees and suppliers concerned with recruitment, training, promotion and service delivery is outlined in our Equality and Diversity Policy which covers our responsibilities under the Equalities Act and how we deliver them. We are happy to provide a full copy of the policy upon request.
Idox has established clear goals to get to a gender balanced workforce by 2027. In order to tackle the issue of under representation in leadership, Idox is particularly focused on increasing the proportion of women in the people-leader tiers of the business to both correlate with the gender ratio of the company in general and to support the overall reduction of the gender pay gap specifically.
Our policies and initiatives that support Diversity, Equality and Inclusion include: Flexible working policy; Family friendly policies; Idox Elevate - a programme sponsored by Idox plc board members, committed to championing a truly inclusive culture; Pay Gap reporting - We publish our gender pay gap report annually on our website; Fair Pay - Idox is an accredited Living Wage Employer.
Pricing
- Price
- £25,000 a unit a year
- Discount for educational organisations
- No
- Free trial available
- No