New Technology in the Human Services

Kerslake, A. (1996). The Looking After Children Computer System: Developing Social Work sensitive Databases. New Technology in the Human Services, 9(2), 10-14.
Abstract: The article describes the establishment of the Looking After Children, a paper based record keeping system, which provided detailed assessment and action records for any child looked after by a Local Authority in the United Kingdom. It goes on to review the conversion of this system into the Looking After Children Computer System, a Windows-based database system. The article concludes with a discussion of the program's limitations to its acceptance/utilization by Social Service Departments throughout the country.
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