ContactPoint

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ContactPoint
Richard Seabrook ICES 13 March 2007
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What is ContactPoint?

• A quick way for those working with children and
  young people to find out who else is working with
  the same child or young person, making it
  easier to deliver more coordinated support and
  improve outcomes for children. It will
  be available to authorised staff who need it to
  do their jobs.
• It will store very basic information for all
  children living in England no case information.
• It will be a national system to enable a more
  complete record for a child who accesses services
  in more than one local area.

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A key part of Every Child Matters
Outcomesfor children young people
Families Community


Integrated Working

• Outcomes
• Be healthy
• Stay safe
• Enjoy and achieve
• Make a positive contribution
• Economic well-being

Parents
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The legal framework

• Duties placed by Children Act 2004
• A Director of Childrens Services and a lead
  council member for children, to ensure clear
  accountability politically.
• Duties to co-operate to improve the well-being of
  and to put in place arrangements to safeguard and
  promote welfare of children.
• Set up of Local Safeguarding Children Boards and
  a duty for key partners to take part
• An database ContactPoint - containing basic
  details about children and young people
• Data Protection and Human Rights Acts

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Technology change is only one part of the
picture
ContactPoint
ICS
(e)CAF
Technology Change Business
Change Culture Change
Bichard
ECM agenda
Integrated Working
Early holistic identification of needs
Coordinated service delivery
Improved information sharing
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ContactPoint Benefits
Children, young people and families
Managers
Better identification of children not receiving
universal services
More effective service delivery and intervention
Better management information planning service
delivery
More timely response to needs
Reduced number of repeat assessments and referrals
Increased productivity and effectiveness
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Information held
INDICATORS
BASIC DEMOGRAPHICS
UNIVERSAL SERVICES
ADDITIONAL INVOLVEMENT examples
CAF Indicator
General Practice Contact Details
Youth Worker Contact Details
Childs Name
Education/School Contact Details
Social Worker Contact Details
Info to Share Contact Details
Gender
Unique Identifier
Taken action Contact Details
SENCO Contact Details
Date of Birth
Lead Professional Contact Details
Address
Parent(s)/Carer(s) Contact Details
ContactPoint will not hold case data or
assessment information
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Who will have access?

• Authorised practitioners in childrens services
• Role based access controls
• Security checked - including enhanced Criminal
  Records Bureau (CRB) clearance.
• Training to include
• safe and secure use of Contactpoint
• Data Protection Act and Human Rights Act
• Audit trail

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ContactPoint high level timeline
Based on thinking as of December 2006 and may be
subject to change.
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ContactPoint Regional Workshops

• 12 March, London
• 14 March, Newcastle
• 15 March, Leeds
• 20 March, London
• 21 March, Liverpool
• 22 March, Birmingham
• 27 March, Bristol
• 28 March, Leicester
• 29 March, Cambridge
• 2 April, London

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Further information

• Every Child Matters website - www.ecm.gov.uk
• Latest updates on Contactpoint
• Guidance and training materials for key
  integrated working processes
• Good practice on multi-agency working
• Implementation roadmap (covers key IW processes
  and tools)
• Latest updates on ICS
• Fact sheets, case studies, Making It Happen
• LARA online tool to support ContactPoint
  implementation

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ContactPoint

• Close

For further information www.ecm.gov.uk/contactpoi
nt LARAsupport_at_dfes.gsi.gov.uk