What does it mean? The Integrated Children's System is a computer-based recording system for all social workers. The tool is designed to help social care managers and practitioners working with colleagues from other agencies to improve outcomes for children in need and their families.
The system was introduced following a review into the murder of eight-year-old Victoria Climbie and was meant to improve the management of data about vulnerable children.
It took over from previous systems, officially going live in January 2007. ICS now offers one single approach to undertaking the government's key processes: assessment, planning, intervention and review.
However, the system has courted controversy since its inception last year because some judges find the way it presents information to be misleading. There have also been complaints about the way it records adoption information.
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