Decision details

Procurement and Implementation of Children's Social Care Case Management System

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Decision:

RESOLVED

 

KEY DECISION

 

That the Executive:

 

a)     Agreed to proceed with the replacement of the Case Management System for the Children’s Social Care across Northamptonshire, which will be operated by Northants Children’s Trust (NCT), contribution by North Northamptonshire is £1.236m as outlined in section 5.5.

 

b)     Delegated authority to the Portfolio Holder for Children, Families, Education and Skills, in liaison with the Executive Director for Children’s Services, to take any further decisions and actions required to implement the Case Management System and award contracts in relation to this.

 

c)      Recommended to Council that it delegates authority to the Executive Member of Finance and Transformation in consultation with the Executive Director of Finance and Performance to access and utilise revenue reserves to fund the Case Management System for Children’s Social Care.

 

 

Reason for Recommendations: To implement a new Case Management System which is fit for purpose and meets the statutory obligations in delivering Children’s Social Care across Northamptonshire.

Alternative Options Considered:

 

·         For the current system (CareFirst) to continue to be used impacting the transformation and process changes to be reflected on the case management system.

·         For the Eclipse system to be implemented under the current contract. However, the contract will still expire in Jan 2025 and a re-procurement would need to begin prior to implementation of the system.

·         To have no case management system would not be a viable option that could be considered.

·         There are no other case management software applications in use within the Council that that could be utilised by NCT.

 

Publication date: 10/11/2022

Date of decision: 10/11/2022

Decided at meeting: 10/11/2022 - Executive

Effective from: 18/11/2022

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