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CareZone – secure online services for
children in public care World
Philip ClarkeDirector of FundraisingThe Who Cares? Trust
Today…
• Why CareZone• CareZone services • Funding• The CareZone partnership• Project development
Why CareZone?• The need to improve outcomes for
looked after children• Children expressing need for
change• Overcoming bureaucracy• Lack of ICT provision due to safety
concerns
CareZone - Services
• Security
CareZone ServicesThe Card
• Contact Smart Card Chip• Encrypts Messages to Secure
Authentication Server• Additional PIN and Password
Security
CareZone - Services
• Every child gets their own virtual environment
CareZone - Services
• Educational Support
CareZone - Services• A digital vault
CareZone Services - The Vault
• Smart card and password access control
• Digital data capture• Intelligent indexing capabilities• Search facilities• Multi-media storage• Distributed storage• Separate from core system to
protect child’s content
CareZone - Services
• An intelligent agent
CareZone - Services
• Secure chat and message boards
CareZone - Services
PostgreSQL Database Server
Application ServerResin
Web ServerApache
The Laptop PC will contain the complete standalone CareZone Offline system consisting of all the components.
Laptop PC
Smart Card ReaderPCMCIA, ISO Compliant 7816
Smart Card
• Wide consultation during build with user group using an offline system
CareZone - Services
• The CareZone Community Site
CareZone - Funding• English Capital Modernisation Fund (CMF)
from Treasury to Department of Health (DH) and Department for Education and Skills (DfES)– £20million for ICT for looked after children– £1million over two years to fund CareZone– DH and DfES backing at Ministerial level
for top slice towards CareZone• £427,000 from The Community Fund (UK) for
staff• £675,000 from nine pilot authorities• CareZone Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
CareZone Partnership• Fourteen local authorities
• Nine NGOs• Department of Health• Department for Education and Skills• Hitachi Europe Limited
CareZone Development• 60 local authorities by 2005• First 60 local authorities to join can save a
joining fee of up to £40,000• Each local authority pays fixed and
variable elements – average annual payment £20,000
• 20 NGO’s by 2005• UK replication
– Disability– Parents– Football
• Global replication– European Network for Street Children Worldwide
Summary…
• The Who Cares Trust• Why CareZone• CareZone Services • Funding• The CareZone Partnership• Project Development
Contact
Philip ClarkeDirector of FundraisingThe Who Cares? Trust Tel: 020 7251 3117
www.thewhocarestrust.org.uk
