Hartlepool Borough Council has deployed a £750,000
Integrated Children's System (ICS) from Northgate Information
Solutions to improve social care services.
Under a five-year contract, Northgate, in partnership with
Liquidlogic, is
supporting the ICS for Hartlepool's Children's Services
Department.
The implementation of the ICS is an integral part of the
council's commitment to the government's Every Child Matters
programme, and will enable future joint working with partner
organisations such as Primary Care Trusts, doctors and the
police.
The ICS will deliver security of information, with only
authorised, professional users able to access information and only
specific and relevant data being displayed
The system will enable practitioners to concentrate on important
issues in a case, by gathering and delivering the information that
they need, when they need it, and in an easily understood form.
The ICS has been implemented for 141 professional users,
including children and families teams, the Young Persons Service,
the disability team, safeguarding unit, placement team and leaving
care team.
Paul Walker, chief executive of Hartlepool Borough Council,
said, "We always aim to make the most of new technology, and this
system will help us to keep improving the services we provide to
children, young people and their families."
The council recently deployed a finance system from
Northgate.