Community Care Inform Finding Relevant Research to Inform Practice

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Community Care InformFinding Relevant
Research to Inform Practice 
Friday, 27 February 2009
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What is Community Care Inform?
An online information tool for social workers and
other professionals working with children, young
people and their families. It gives access, in
one place, to all the information practitioners
need to make and evidence sound decisions.

• A professional tool that is
• Trusted
• Reliable
• Up to date
• Accurate

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• Built with social workers, for social workers
• Development group 30 social workers and team
  managers from across the country involved in
  developing the service
• Piloted in eight local authorities across the
  country from May to October 2007
• Leeds Stockton-on-Tees Islington
  Tower Hamlets
• Sutton Kent Brighton
  Hove Norfolk
• Seven out of eight piloting authorities
  continued to subscribe when the pilots ended

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• Where are we now?
• 4,000 users
• 15 local authorities
• Cafcass
• Metropolitan Police
• University College Birmingham
• Independent social workers
• In addition to
• Trials running in several local authorities
• Trials running at Greenwich and Sussex
  Universities
• Public Protection Desks

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www.ccinform.co.uk
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• Working with Cafcass to promote
  knowledge-informed practice
• Editorial Development Group
• Independent Editorial Board
• Sharing learning