The SHANARRI wellbeing indicators provide a clear framework for understanding children and young people’s experiences. The challenge for many organisations is applying that framework consistently in day-to-day practice.
Geco Connect has been developed specifically to address this challenge. It is an AI-enabled digital platform designed to support residential care and education settings in recording, understanding and evidencing wellbeing through SHANARRI.
Built for the Realities of Practice
Geco Connect is designed around how professionals actually work. In residential care and specialist education settings, multiple teams contribute to a young person’s development.
Care staff, teachers and therapeutic professionals all record observations. Without a shared system, this information can become fragmented.
Geco Connect brings this together by providing a single platform where all information is organised around the SHANARRI wellbeing indicators. This creates a shared view of each young person across all teams.
Aligning with SHANARRI and GIRFEC
Every feature within Geco Connect is aligned with the SHANARRI indicators and the wider GIRFEC framework.
This includes:
- Child profiles that bring together all key information in one place
- Case notes linked directly to wellbeing indicators
- Care outcomes that track progress over time
- Reporting tools that support local authority and inspection requirements
By structuring information in this way, organisations can ensure that their recording reflects both day-to-day practice and national frameworks.
Turning Information into Insight
One of the key challenges in applying SHANARRI is understanding patterns across large volumes of information.
Geco Connect uses AI-enabled analysis to help organisations identify trends in wellbeing, behaviour and outcomes. This allows leadership teams to gain clearer insight without relying on manual reporting processes.
Importantly, this technology supports professional judgement rather than replacing it. It helps teams make more informed decisions based on the information they are already recording.
Supporting Security and Compliance
Information about children and young people must be handled with care. Geco Connect is built with security at its core, including role-based access and secure data management.
This ensures that professionals can collaborate effectively while maintaining appropriate safeguards.
It also supports organisations in meeting their responsibilities under GIRFEC, SHANARRI and wider regulatory requirements.
Improving Practice and Outcomes
By aligning daily recording with SHANARRI, Geco Connect helps organisations move from fragmented information to a clear, structured understanding of wellbeing.
This supports:
- More consistent recording across teams
- Better communication between services
- Clearer evidence for inspections and reporting
- Improved understanding of outcomes over time
Ultimately, this allows professionals to spend less time on administration and more time supporting young people.
See Geco Connect in Practice
If you would like to see how Geco Connect supports organisations in applying the SHANARRI wellbeing indicators in a more structured and efficient way, book a demonstration with our team.
See how it works in practice.