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6. INTEGRATED CHILDREN'S SYSTEM (ICS) The Integrated Children’s System (ICS) is currently under
development. It is an Electronic Social Care Record (ESCR) for
children that will hold all case records and information about every contact
a child or young person has with social services. The nearest parallel is
with health records, and possible links between the ESCR and the NHS
data-spine are under discussion. When the ICS is fully implemented, it is intended that when a child
becomes involved with social care, an electronic message will be sent to the
Children’s Index to inform everyone of social services involvement and to
seek information about any other agencies’ involvement. If a CAF has been
completed by any practitioner, this will form a starting point for a more
comprehensive ‘Children in Need’ assessment to be carried out by social
services. Pilots of ICS are currently being carried out in several parts of the country, and the final reports are expected within the next few months.
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