New Early Help Assessment and Planning Tool :
“Right for
Children” (formerly HolistiX)
Message from Philippa Court, Senior Manager, Early Help
Provision
To all Secondary School Headteachers,
Early Help Colleagues at Devon County Council have been working
with representatives from schools and partner agencies to streamline the Early
Help Assessment and Planning tools as well as simplify the HolistiX system. The
upgraded version of the system, which has been renamed ‘Right for Children’,
and the Early Help tools are scheduled to go live in April 2017. The ‘Right for
Children’ system includes improved functionality to manage and keep track of
caseloads.
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Colleagues from schools are invited to take place in user
acceptance testing of the updated system, which will be taking place from the
9th to 31st of January. The user acceptance testing will be an opportunity for
colleagues to provide input into the development of the system, and suggest any
final tweaks to ensure the system is fit for purpose. User testing will take
place both at venues across the county (dates and venues to be confirmed) and
remotely, with volunteers being provided with a link so they can access the
test system at their own computers.
We would be grateful if 30 schools could put themselves forward
for user testing – nominating one teacher or practitioner representative and
one admin representative. Volunteers will be shortlisted to ensure a manageable
number of volunteers are included in testing. A proportionate number of Primary
School, Secondary School and Special School representatives will be selected
for inclusion in the testing.
If you would be interested in taking part in the user testing session
please could you complete T H I S F O R M and return to vinnie.grist@devon.gov.uk no later
than 9th December 2016.
Training for users of new system “Right for Children”
Ahead of full roll-out in April 2017, initial training for users on the
new “Right for Children” system will take place from 20th of February onwards
at venues across the County (venues and dates to be confirmed). If you and/or
other staff at your school would like to be considered for the initial
training dates please could you also complete the attached form and return to vinnie.grist@devon.gov.uk no later
than 31st January 2017.
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