Children's Services
Today, there is an historic opportunity to improve outcomes for all children. Extra funding for education, the move towards more focused and joined-up structures, the growing maturity of ICT systems and willingness of staff at all levels to exploit them, awareness of the benefits of efficiency (for both the organisation and the customer), recognition that partnerships are essential to success – together these factors represent a new environment for delivering 21st century children’s services.
There are real challenges, however, in delivering the agenda. Multiple, overlapping and inconsistent government initiatives cause confusion. Working out new structures and partnerships puts extra demands on already overstretched internal resources. Business processes and working methods need re-engineering to fit the new environment, and service users and providers empowered to make best use of them.
Socitm Consulting can help your department meet these challenges. Our services include:
- Information and service strategies for joined up services
- Integration of diverse initiatives - Every Child Matters, ISI, ICS, CAF, BSF etc
- Systems audit against emerging ICS and ESCR requirements
- Business process reviews and improvement
- Workforce remodelling - including home, mobile and flexible working
- ICT strategy, governance and performance management (including ITIL)
- Technology consultancy, procurement support
- Integration of children's services with corporate ICT
- Extended schools, CSF services and ACL
- Legal and best practice requirements, including DPA, FOIA, BS7799
- Procurement of outsourcing and managed services
Our clients in children’s services include:
ADSS IMG
BECTA
Bolton MBC
Bury MBC
Calderdale MBC
Camden LB
Darlington BC
Department for Education and Skills
FAME project
Greater Manchester e-Government Partnership
Greenwich LB
Home Office
Inverclyde Council
Leicester City Council
Lincolnshire County Council
London Connects
Manchester City Council
North West e-Government Group
Northamptonshire County Council
Portsmouth City Council
Royal Borough of Kingston
Sefton MBC
Solihull MBC
South Gloucestershire Council
Southwark LB
South West Grid for Learning
South Tyneside and Gateshead
Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Teacher Training Agency
Telford & Wrekin DC
Tower Hamlets LB
Wakefield MBC
Walsall MBC
Waltham Forest LB
West of England Learning and Skills Council
West Berkshire Council
West Sussex County Council
If you would like to discuss how we can help you in this area, please call us on 0845 450 0904 or email info@socitmconsulting.co.uk.