Portsmouth City Council Early Intervention Department has gone live with the new Caseworks Module for tackling Domestic Abuse.The new module allows cases to be set up with ease, using a customised wizard, then added to as work on the case progresses. A key element is the Risk Assessment page, comprising 24 risk elements and various supplementary questions, from which a score is automatically calculated and tracked throughout the history of the case. Cases are automatically coloured based upon the score providing visually appealing prioritisation of cases.
The module also allows the user to do MARAC referrals, referrals to Social Services, Community Alarms etc - all of which pull existing data from the Case and allow the user to create a printed output form at the click of a button.
Initial reaction from users has been very positive. The team has several times expressed a view that other DV Units would be interested in this programme, and they are looking forward to being the Reference Site and showing it off.
