With demand for support from vulnerable children, young people and families outstripping available funding and staffing resources, policymakers are increasingly turning to digital technology for a solution.
They see the potential for sophisticated computer systems to produce a wealth of data that can enhance understanding about the needs of communities and populations, and aid the sharing of information between agencies to improve children’s safeguarding.
The recent rapid development of artificial intelligence is also recognised as offering the potential to both reduce the burden of administration for practitioners, so they are free to deliver more frontline work, and to analyse huge volumes of data instantly to help children’s services staff identify risks and intervene earlier.
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