Does The Sentry work for social services & child-protection field work?

Yes. The Sentry runs on the smartphones your social services & child protection already carry, with workflows tailored to the risks and regulations of social services & child-protection field work. No hardware is required and most teams are live in under an hour.

How does The Sentry support compliance for social services & child-protection field work?

The Sentry produces a tamper-proof, timestamped audit trail of alarms, check-ins, and incident reports that supports your OSHA General Duty Clause and state Workplace Violence Prevention obligations (including PESH / State OSHA Plans).

Social services & child protection

Social Services & Child-Protection Field Work

Caseworkers who walk into volatile situations without a partner.

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Over 2.4 million community and social service professionals work in the US, including 720,000+ social workers. CPS caseworkers and family field workers conduct millions of unassisted home visits every month.

The risks your people face

Hostile client interventions during child removals, welfare checks, or substance interventions.
Verbal harassment, intimidation, and post-visit stalking by disgruntled clients.
Remote, hazardous access — high-crime neighborhoods, unlit complexes, isolated rural properties.

The regulations that apply

PESH / State OSHA Plans
Enforce workplace safety standards across state, county, and municipal agencies.
California SB 553
Written WVP plans, training, and accessible duress mechanisms for human service workers.
OSHA General Duty Clause
Requires agencies to protect personnel exposed to known violent hazards.

How The Sentry helps social services & child protection

Enterprise-grade protection on the phones your team already carries — no hardware, live in under an hour.

Silent alarm that raises an SOS with live location and no siren or visible indication.

Real-time GPS map of field territories for agency supervisors.

Private incident reporting with an anonymous option — and no trace left on the device.

Alarms route directly to nominated Nearby Team and managers — no third-party call center.

Zero-hardware onboarding of entire municipal departments in under an hour.

The business case

A severe assault on a caseworker can drive municipal settlements above $750,000 plus disability payouts. Agency-wide cover at ~$45/user/yr safeguards departmental budgets against catastrophic litigation.