Transcript IS Index Core Presentation

ContactPoint
GP Clinical Governance
Leads Meeting
11/12th December 2007
Carol Harrison,
ContactPoint Project
Manager
What is ContactPoint?
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The quick way 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.
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It will be available to authorised staff who need it to do their jobs.
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It will store very basic information for all children resident in England
– no case information.
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It will be a national system to enable a more complete record for a
child who accesses services in more than one local area.
Benefits of integrated working
Tools and processes
Benefits
Information Sharing
Guidance
Earlier, holistic
identification of needs
Common Assessment
Framework
Earlier, more effective
intervention
Lead Professional
Improved information
sharing across agencies
Setting up multi-agency
services
ContactPoint
Faster, more
co-ordinated delivery of
service for the Child
Better service
experience for children
and families
Information held
BASIC
DEMOGRAPHICS
UNIVERSAL
SERVICES
ADDITIONAL
INVOLVEMENT
INDICATORS
examples
Unique Identifier
Child’s Name
Gender
Youth Worker
CAF
Contact Details
Contact Details
Indicator
Health Visitor
Social Worker
Lead Professional
Contact Details
Contact Details
Contact Details
General Practice
Date of Birth
Education/School
SENCO
Contact Details
Contact Details
Address
School Nurse
Sensitive Service
Contact Details
Contact Details
Parent(s)/Carer(s)
Contact Details
ContactPoint will not hold case data or assessment information
The Big Picture
Local
Access Controls
Mediated
Access
Web
Access
DWP
NHS
DCSF
ContactPoint
ONS
DATA SUPPLY
Modified
CMS
National
Data matching
No IT
Access
PRACTITIONER ACCESS
DATA SUPPLY
other
Support services
(national and local)
other
150 ‘accountable’ LAs
Please note data suppliers have not been confirmed
Who will have access?
 All authorised practitioners in all partner agencies
 WFA (Sept 07) estimated to be up to 5867
 To include workers from:Education – Schools, Further Education Colleges
Health – Doctors, Nurses, Health Visitors etc
Mental Health
Police
Probation
Voluntary organisations
Connexions
CAFCASS
YOT
Youth Service
Social Care
All users will need to be…
 Security checked - including enhanced Criminal Records Bureau (CRB)
clearance renewable every three years.
 Independent Safeguarding Authority (was Vetting and Barring Council) will
advise if a user is subject to conviction or caution.
 Trained in:
 Information Sharing
 Safe and secure use of ContactPoint
 Data Protection Act and Human Rights Act
 There will be an audit trail and monitoring of usage
Trailblazers
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The ContactPoint programme in
East Sussex began in 2003 as a
trailblazer
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140,000 individual children’s
records held on the system
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18 automated data feeds, including
health information from:
Pilot began in Eastbourne in 2004,
rolled out across the authority in
2005
2350 people have access
ContactPoint, 29% of those are
health practitioners
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Child Health Records (GPs & HV)
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PIMS (SLT, CAMHS, FISS, CTS)
Manual involvement input
I have a
plan –
please call
me
Working closer together … to make it happen
Others?
Information
Sharing
CAF
Lead
Professional
…to
make it
happen
eCAF
Multi-agency
Working
ICS
ContactPoint
“MAKING IT HAPPEN” DCSF/CWDC 2007 ISBN: 978-1-84478-928-3
The Regulations
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Debate in the House of Lords on 18 July 2007
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Debate in the House of Commons 23 July 2007
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The Children Act 2004 Information Database (England)
Regulations 2007
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Regulations came into force on 1 August 2007
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Available at http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2007/20072182.htm and
http://www.ecm.gov.uk/contactpoint/legislation/