On 5 February we held a showcase of seven simple technology solutions that were thought up, designed and tested by Districts. These solutions not only have the potential to make an immediate impact, but are critical in designing the range of broader technical solutions the ChildStory program will deliver. Over one hundred frontline staff from across the state, the FACS Secretary and the program team came to Alexandria to see the progress of seven innovative solutions, but also to get hands-on experience using them to evaluate how they could support practice. This is the presentation from one of the companies we're working with.

1. Safe Home for Life
District Led Technology Solutions

2. A platform approach
A series of elegantly designed tools
fit for purpose, connected through
open standards

3. A platform approach
ChildStory Platform
Single sign-on
Seamless user experience
Single View eBook Contact Leaving
care plan
Field
assessment
Patchwork
Practitioners Families
Integrated data

4. Open
Rapidly extensible through open standards and accessible data
Focussed user experiences
Not one size fits all
Frictionless
Integrated with existing workflows and systems
Collaborative and personalised
Giving equal control of data to professionals and clients
Portable
Device agnostic, universally available
A platform approach: Design principles

5. A collaborative client record
Single View & eBook
A collaborative client record showing
the key information in a single space
that helps everyone understand a
child’s current and future needs, and
their history

6. A single record
of a child
Different views for
different people
Collaborate and
connect
Choose your role
Key features

7. The practitioner’s view
Single View

8. Timeline
- understand the child’s
current situation

9. Child’s summary
- updates are logged

10. Case plan - essential information at a glance

11. The benefits for practitioners
• Greater collaboration
• Helps build networks
• Saves time
• More informed decisions about care
• Portability
A tool for everyday casework

12. The child’s view
eBook

13. Timeline
- a central place to
capture the child’s story

14. My documents - create a ‘digital suitcase’

15. The benefits for children
• My story, my words
• All my stuff in one place
• Keeping in touch with my loved ones
• System adapts over time to meet child’s needs
A tool for capturing my story

16. Leaving Care
Supporting children’s transition to adulthood
An interactive tool for young people
in out-of-home care which supports
their transition into adulthood. It
allows them to create their own care
plan and show a personalised view
of helpful resources.

17. Key features
Helps children
understand their need
Find guidance Create their own
action plan
Question 1
Question 2
Question 3

18. Create your own care plan

19. Understand your needs

20. Receive tailored guidance

21. Create a goal-oriented
to-do list

22. • Empower participation of young people in leaving
care planning
• Access to a repository of information and tools to
better equip young people when leaving care
• Goal-oriented to-do list to encourage continued
engagement and planning
What are the benefits?

23. Contact
A simple web application which helps the child, their parents and carers
plan and provide feedback on their contact sessions together
Improving children’s experience of
contact sessions by involving and
providing guidance to case workers,
birth parents, carers, and children
and creating feedback loops

24. Tailored Contact
Suggestions for families
Guidance around
planning a session
Feedback between
families and
caseworkers
Key features

25. Personalised
experience -
suggestions are
matched to the
families
preferences

26. Plan a contact - families can shape their sessions

27. Receive
guidance

28. Provide feedback - creating feedback loops

29. • Improving child’s experience of contacts and their
relationships with significant people in their life
• Parents are given guidance and control to plan a session
• Continuous improvement of resources
• Creates a feedback loop between families and case
worker
What are the benefits?

30. chris.vanstone@tasci.org.au
Dom@wearefuturegov.com
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