System divide upsets social services strategy

by Janie Davies in Computing.co.uk Latest updates on 12 June

The split between child and adult services is causing problems among authorities and suppliers
Social services departments face fundamental IT strategy problems prompted by the separation of systems for children and adults.

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Hazel's comment:
It's not only the systems that are causing problems and it's not only in social services. This artificial divide that governments create which says you're a child until you reach the age of 19 and then you're an adult until you get to your sixties and then -- the words are different but you're no longer an adult you're a "something else".
Why 19?
Do you know any self-respecting 19-year-old prepared to go to "Children's Services" for help?
Why, oh why, can we not have all-age services for ALL social services?
Careers, welfare, housing -- you name it -- the artificial divide that is imposed is just that, artificial.
On a personal note: I've just had a birthday which moves me up a level in the survey strata and it feels WRONG. And actually as you get older you move down not up the list. Such is the irony of old age!

Advice for those aged 50+

Thanks to Intute: Social Sciences Gateway

Web page is provided by the UK government's Directgov website and offers advice for over 50s who want to get the best out of work. There are sections on learning, benefits, health, care and discrimination.

Personally I wouldn't use the learning section which links to the learndirect database via a slightly different interface.