Issue - meetings

The Panel considered the report of the Executive Director for Children and Learning which provided an update on the forthcoming implementation of CareDirector

Alison Milton, Strategic Finance and Commercialisation Project Manager, Southampton City Council, was present and with the consent of the Chair addressed the Panel.

In discussion with the officer the Panel noted that:

·  CareDirector was different from Paris as it was like a web browser application, with a simplified log on process and improved layout for practitioners to view information.

·  Phase three of the project included the creation of an online portal that would enable staff from partner organisations to log in and view only the information that they needed to view.

·  CareDirector would only go live when the project board, chaired by the Director of Children and Learning, were satisfied that the eleven clear criteria for the project had been met.

·  The data on Paris had been archived so that it would still be available as read only after the transition to using CareDirector.

·  An external training provider would deliver virtual training to staff and would also provide access to the training materials at the end to for any catch up training for staff who missed out.

·  The governance arrangements for CareDirector included three boards, for Adults, Children’s and Finance users that would meet twice a year to review CareDirector and make sure that it was still meeting the needs of the service.

RESOLVED that when CareDirector had been implemented as a live system, the panel would be provided with the following information:

1)  The percentage of Children’s Services and Learning staff who have undertaken training on CareDirector, where it is deemed appropriate for them to do so

2)  Staff satisfaction levels with the new system