Data to Insight is not a software supplier in the traditional sense -- we're here to help local authority (LA) colleagues get work done and share it with each other. The best thing about Data to Insight is the community of analysts who are doing and sharing great work through this network.
We recognise that different LAs want different levels of engagement with our work. As such, we offer four key collaboration approaches to suit different users’ information needs.
Standard Safeguarding Dataset
In partnership with Hertfordshire County Council, Essex County Council, Knowsley Council, and North West ADCS, we're delivering a DfE-funded project to define a new Standard Safeguarding Dataset for Children’s Social Care. The current estimated publication date is March 2024.
DfE recognises that existing standard datasets do not incorporate the breadth and depth of the safeguarding activity which LAs undertake, and there is limited data relating to outcomes for children and families beyond process-related indicators. We have mapped existing data items returned as part of various statutory and voluntary collections and used these to form an initial draft dataset, which we are now developing iteratively in partnership with LAs and other stakeholders.
The potential new data set will have a long term impact on how we monitor and understand outcomes for children and young people and it’s really important we capture the views of all stakeholders. Part of this work will involve developing new indicators to be included in the Standard Safeguarding Dataset.
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