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Integrated Children's System: presentations

This page provides a range of regional presentations and seminars supporting the Integrated Children's System.

Integrated Children's System - Phase 1C Workshops Presentations Pack (September 2008)

The Phase 1C Workshop Presentation Pack contains the presentations delivered at the local authority national workshops in Manchester and London held in September 2008, and is a good source of information and guidance on Phase 1C.

It provides updates and information on the following:

  • General ICS update and information on Phase 1C funding and implementation dates

  • DCSF Policy presentation on the rationale for the Phase 1C scope

  • Presentations from North Yorkshire and Wandsworth describing their experiences of ICS

  • Presentation packs describing the breakout sessions held on the day: Phase 1C Requirements, Suppliers and LA Support

  • A copy of the letter to the judiciary informing judges of the new courts exemplars and the approval from the President of the Family Division

Integrated Children's System - Phase 1B Regional Meetings Pack (July 2007)

This document contains the presentation delivered at the local authority regional events held in July 2007. It provides updates on the: 

  • Status of the ICS project (as of July 2007)

  • Phase 1B policy

  • Basic business requirements of phase 1B

  • Basic technology impact of the phase 1B policy and business requirements

Click to download the Phase 1B Regional Meetings Pack.

Integrated Children's System National Conference (March 2007)

This conference focused on the capacity of the Integrated Children's System (ICS) to improve outcomes for children in need. The presentations below show what local authorites in England have achieved, and how organisations outside the UK have used the ICS framework. 

The presentations address the importance of organisational commitment, particularly in the context of corporate parenting responsibilities.They also look at the implications for frontline practitioners working with children and families. The workshops offered the opportunity for focused discussion on a number of key areas, such as the use of management information and involving children in the development of the ICS.

International Perspectives

Local Authority Perspectives

Journeymen and Map-makers Jo Fox (Cumbria County Council)

Implementation and After John McNally (London Borough of Lambeth)

Workshops

Workshop A: Using Management Information to Improve Outcomes

Making Effective Use of Management Information from the ICS to Improve Outcomes for Children in Need  Professor Harriet Ward (Loughborough University)

Workshop B:  Research Findings from the ICS multi-agency ICS Pilot

Research Findings from the ICS multi-agency ICS Pilot Professor Hedy Cleaver (Royal Holloway)

Workshop C: Use of IT in Children's Services

ICT in Children's Services Mark Gillett (London Borough of Harrow)

ICS in Buckinghamshire Stephen Bagnall (Buckinghamshire County Council)

Implementing the Integrated Children's System  Tim Parkin (London Borough of Islington)

Workshop D: Communicating with Children

In My Shoes
A computer assisted interview for communicating with children and vulnerable adults  - Professor Tony Cox and Phil Jimmieson (Child and Family Training, London)

Workshop E: Training for Staff at all Levels

ICS Partnerships Elaine O'Callaghan (Northamptonshire County Council) and Sue Kennedy (Northamptonshire University)

Workshop F: Changing Culture and Practice

Managing Change: Implementing Looked-After Children Raymond Lemay (Canada)

Regional seminars 2006

The presentations below are from the nine regional seminars, held between February and March 2006, which were accompanied by a policy presentation and two research presentations.

Policy presentation

The Policy Context

Research presentations

Local authority presentations

Regional seminars 2004

The PowerPoint presentations from the nine regional seminars, that were held between January and March 2004, are available by clicking on the links below.

Each regional presentation contains the policy context, and Implementation Challenges: Findings from Research, presented by the researchers involved in the multi-agency pilots.

Regional presentations 2002-03

Introductory presentations

Regional presentations

PowerPoint presentations from the nine regional dissemination seminars, held between December 2002 - February 2003, are available by clicking on the links below:

Click here for further information on the Integrated Children's System on this website.

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