ContactPoint GP Clinical Governance Leads Meeting 11/12 th December 2007 Carol Harrison, ContactPoint Project Manager

What is ContactPoint? 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. It will be available to authorised staff who need it to do their jobs. It will store very basic information for all children resident in England – no case information. It will be a national system to enable a more complete record for a child who accesses services in more than one local area.

Information Sharing Guidance Common Assessment Framework Lead Professional Tools and processes Benefits of integrated working Benefits Earlier, holistic identification of needs Earlier, more effective intervention Improved information sharing across agencies Better service experience for children and families Setting up multi-agency services Faster, more co-ordinated delivery of service for the Child ContactPoint

Information held Child’s Name Parent(s)/Carer(s) Contact Details Gender General Practice Contact Details Date of Birth Address Youth Worker Contact Details Social Worker Contact Details SENCO Contact Details BASIC DEMOGRAPHICS UNIVERSAL SERVICES ADDITIONAL INVOLVEMENT examples CAF Indicator Health Visitor Contact Details Sensitive Service Contact Details Lead Professional Contact Details Unique Identifier ContactPoint will not hold case data or assessment information INDICATORS Education/School Contact Details School Nurse Contact Details

The Big Picture other DWP DCSF ONS National NHS D A T A S U P P L Y No IT Access Mediated Access P R A C T I T I O N E R A C C E S S Web Access Modified CMS ContactPoint 150 ‘accountable’ LAs Data matching Access Controls Support services (national and local) SECURITY Local D A T A S U P P L Y 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

 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 All users will need to be…

Trailblazers The ContactPoint programme in East Sussex began in 2003 as a trailblazer Pilot began in Eastbourne in 2004, rolled out across the authority in people have access ContactPoint, 29% of those are health practitioners 140,000 individual children’s records held on the system 18 automated data feeds, including health information from: Child Health Records (GPs & HV) PIMS (SLT, CAMHS, FISS, CTS) Manual involvement input

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Working closer together … to make it happen Information Sharing CAF eCAF ContactPoint Lead Professional Multi-agency Working ICS …to make it happen Others? “MAKING IT HAPPEN” DCSF/CWDC 2007 ISBN:

The Regulations Debate in the House of Lords on 18 July 2007 Debate in the House of Commons 23 July 2007 The Children Act 2004 Information Database (England) Regulations 2007 Regulations came into force on 1 August 2007 Available at and