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  1. Capita solution to help unite youth services teams to improve young people’s lives

    Capita One is launching software that will help break down the barriers to effective multi-agency working and enable all teams working with young people to make more informed decisions about what help they need.

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  2. Survey reveals 97% of children’s services staff prioritising early intervention

    In a survey of children’s services staff recently undertaken by Capita One, 97% of respondents said their authorities were currently targeting investment in early intervention programmes to achieve better outcomes for vulnerable children, young people and families.

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  3. Join our User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Programme

    Do you want to be involved in testing our software before it goes live and have your say in how we can improve it? Then why not take part and engage in the User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Programme for Summer Release and discover the benefits.

    Hosted UAT environment will be available for execution from now until 14 June. By taking part, you will benefit from:

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  4. Predicting school places – big challenge for local authorities

    According to the National Audit Office, a quarter of a million extra primary school places will be needed by autumn 2014 to meet rising demand. In his latest blog, Phil Neal discusses the role local authorities must take in order to make more accurate predictions of the future demand for school places.

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  5. Windows 2008R2 migration update

    Support for Windows 2003 server 32bit is ending in spring 2013. Before you upgrade to the One Summer release you will need to migrate to Windows 2008R2 on your v4 servers.
    In August 2012, we informed you that from summer 2013, support for Windows 2003 32bit will no longer be available.

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  6. Protecting Britain’s talented children and young people

    In his latest Children and Young People Now blog, Phil Neal discusses children and young people in entertainnment and the important job local authorities have in ensuring their safety.

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  7. The new customer portal is coming...

    We are replacing SupportNet with a new customer portal. Shaun de Lacy, Head of Information Systems, reveals what you can expect from the new portal...

    The SupportNet we have all become familiar with over the last 10 years (yes, it’s been around that long!) has served us extremely well but, with the fast moving landscape of today’s technology, we know it’s time to move on.

    SupportNet

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  8. You’ve got to know what works to cut youth crime

    In his latest Children and Young People Now blog, Phil Neal discusses what more can be done to help cut youth crime.

    I was interested to see the results of a survey* undertaken by Capita at the Youth Justice Convention in November. They revealed that three out of five staff working with young offenders are not able to easily identify which services are most effective at turning lives around.

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  9. Youth offending - tackling the hidden issues

    In his Children and Young People Now blog, Phil Neal discusses what more can be done to reduce the risk of young people getting involved in crime.

    The Howard League for Penal Reform has reported that the number of children being arrested in the UK has fallen by a third since 2008.

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  10. Staff working with young offenders unable to identify effective services

    In a survey of delegates at the Annual Youth Justice Convention, almost 59% said their current IT system does not enable them to identify which services are having the biggest impact on improving outcomes for the young people they work with.

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