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Social workers in Slough are using mobile technology to spend more time with children and families and less time behind their desks.
Slough Children's Services Trust, an independent not-for-profit organisation that provides social care and support services to children, young people and families in the Berkshire town, introduced its "Agile Working" programme after a successful six-week pilot.
Around 30 social workers at the trust - which became fully operational on 1 October - were given Apple iPads and Microsoft Surface Pro tablets during the pilot, and Michaela Smith, consultant social worker at Slough Children's Services Trust, was among the 30 practitioners to act as "tech champions" for the trial.
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