Electronic Single Shared Assessment
Shared Assessment is a key part of the Government's strategy to improve the outcomes for people using community care services. It applies to all adult community care groups and could apply equally to other needs, such as young people at, or coming to, the transition to adult services.
eCare helps enable effective engagement between social work, health and housing professionals, to speed up service delivery and achieve the holistic/outcomes approach that Ministers want.
Child Protection
eCare supports the sharing of Child Protection information through Child Protection Messaging (CPM). The CPM functions as an immediate means of alerting relevant professionals to Child Protection activity and as a flag that remains attached to the child's record over the longer term.
By connecting to eCare, systems that record child protection information, primarily social care systems, and the systems of agencies who contribute to the care and protection of children, such as Police, NHS, Scottish Children's Reporter Association, can share relevant and pertinent information securely.
Getting it Right For Every Child (GiRFEC)
GiRFEC aims to improve outcomes for all children and young people.
It promotes a shared approach that works across all agencies and professions dealing with children. It:
- builds solutions with and around children and families;
- enables children to get the help they need when they need it;
- supports a positive shift in culture, systems and practice; and
- involves working together to make things better.
GiRFEC is the foundation for work with all children and young people, including adult services where parents are involved. It builds on universal health and education services, and is embedded in the developing early years and youth frameworks. Developments in the universal services of health and education, such as Better Health, Better Care and Curriculum for Excellence, are identifying what needs to be done in those particular areas to improve outcomes for children.
eCare supports GiRFEC through the sharing of the multi-agency Child's Plan and through the development of technology to support concern management.