On this page you will find policies and guidance to ensure
accurate and meaningful record keeping in the Children's Social
Care service. These include:
- Policies, procedures and best practice guidance for
recording
- Guidance about using the Integrated Children's System
(ICS)
****NEW for 2010**** ICS User Quick Guides in the
section below: Using the Integrated Children's System
Policies, procedures and best practice guidance
The Suffolk policy
Case
Recording policy, procedures and best practice guidance. ( PDF
142Kb) covers all aspects of case recording in the Children's
Social Care service in Suffolk.
Supporting information is:
Use of
COMPASS Headings ( PDF 41Kb ) to provide guidance about the
information to record under each heading of COMPASS
Observations.
Responsibility
for completing templates on the Integrated Children's system
(ICS) ( PDF 36Kb )
Guidance
about the use of genograms ( PDF 32Kb )
The At
a Glance Guide to case recording ( PDF 40Kb ) gives an overview
of the policy and requirements for recording in the children's
social care service
Paper case files should be maintained according to the
Filing
index and format for case files ( PDF 94Kb)
Using the Integrated Children’s System (ICS)
****NEW for 2010**** ICS User Quick
Guides
ICS
User Quick Guide: Contacts and Referrals ( PDF 26.5
Kb )
ICS
User Quick Guide: Duplicating siblings ( PDF 17.5 Kb
)
ICS
User Quick Guide: Recording an Initial Assessment ( PDF
17.5 Kb )
ICS
User Quick Guide: Section 47 Enquiries ( PDF 18.5 Kb
)
ICS
User Quick Guide: Recording a Core Assessment( PDF 20 Kb
)
ICS
User Quick Guide: Recording a Care Plan ( PDF 24.5 Kb
)
ICS
User Quick Guide: Case Closure ( PDF 16.5 Kb )
More detailed ICS User Guides
and the ICS e-learning programmes are available on
COLIN. Search on COLIN under ICS User
Guides.
Here are some of the relevant guides:
To resolve issues with using CareFirst 6, staff should contact
the IT Helpdesk.