Trailblazers get stamp of approval

摘要

We have awarded five Certificates of Excellence since the inception of the scheme, with the first five given at our Local Government Transformation conference last November. We will recap two winners in each issue of Transform, starting this issue with Insight Bristol and Surrey County Council. Insight Bristol has been recognised for its groundbreaking work in developing state-of-the-art analytical tools for use by public sector staff working with vulnerable families. The data analytics team at Insight Bristol, which comprises of Avon and Somerset Constabulary and Bristol City Council staff, has created tools for use by public sector workers with its main work centred around the Think Family Database (TFD). This pulls together data from around 30 different public sector sources to create a diverse dataset covering 54,000 families across the City of Bristol. The database is updated regularly to ensure new and existing information is matched and merged. It is used to assist staff - from those case triaging to frontline workers - to identify 'at risk' families and better coordinate support.