Children

As with many traditions passed down the generations, old social care hands increasingly find themselves explaining to younger colleagues why there is a National Children and Adult Services Conference every autumn. After all, the two sectors otherwise seem to live quite separate lives.

Former children’s social worker and current children’s social care lead at OLM Systems, Paul Clark argues that the onus is on IT systems as a barrier to increasing time with children and families, but there is more to it than that.