CHARMS Social Care Community Newsroom

Electronic Referral Generator from Outlook - ERGO. Not such a catchy title but Ergo (Latin - "therefore") will save fostering, adoption and other children's services a huge amount of time managing referrals from commissioners. On the Click of a button Ergo will extract the details of a referral from an email and it will create a new record inCHARMS. Not only that but Ergo will also save any attachments against the child's record. No more of that "Save Attachments", "Create Folder" and complete a referral form. Ergo will do it for you. If you want to find out more just ring us on 0161 237 1872.

CHL is pleased to be attending the London Councils Children's Services Summer Conference at the Brit Oval Cricket Ground 13th July 2010.

We will be demonstrating CHARMS at the Conference so please come and speak to us and find out more about CHARMS – the most comprehensive and user-friendly childrens services system in the UK.

One to One demonstrations, group presentations and individual meetings can be pre-booked by contacting promotion@chl-systems.co.uk or call us on 0161 237 1872.

We look forward to meeting you,
Jim and Diane

We are pleased to announce that Lorimer Foster Services have chosen CHARMS to help manage their important children and carer records. CHARMS is fully online and is surging ahead as the foremost, dedicated adoption and fostering system in the UK. In the last yearmore than 20 agencies have come on board. Jim Moores, Managing Director at CHL said : "My personal thanks go to Lorimer for choosing CHARMS. We at CHL will make sure the project goes smoothly and we will provide support throughout our hopefully long and mutually fruitful relationship."

Reach Out Foster Care have chosen CHARMS to help manage their important children and carer records securely and accurately.

We at CHL are very pleased that CHARMS has been chosen by Reach Out Care.

Training has beenorganised and everyone - admin staff, social workers and management - are looking forward to getting stuck in.

For more information about CHARMS please ring us on 0161 237 1872 or email info@chl-systems.co.uk.

We are pleased to annouce that Evelyn Fostering are now fully operational and have chosen CHARMS as their preferred system to manage carer and children records.

CHARMS is the most widely used, fully online, fostering service system in the UK.

For more information please ring CHL on 0161 237 1872 or email info@chl-systems.co.uk.

Modus is now up and running with CHARMS. We at CHL are very pleased that CHARMS has been chosen and is in active use at Modus. Training has been completed and everyone - admin staff, social workers and management - are getting stuck in. For more information about CHARMS please ring us on 0161 237 1872 or email info@chl-systems.co.uk.

We are pleased to annouce that Anglia Fostering are now fully operational and have chosen CHARMS as their preferred system to manage carer and children records. CHARMS is the most widely used, fully online, fostering service system in the UK. For more information please ring CHL on 0161 237 1872 or email info@chl-systems.co.uk.

Another high profile success for CHL and ASSET. We are pleased to announce that Lincolnshire County Council have now purchased ASSET - the most widely used Supported Employment System in the UK. Our thanks go to Robin, Lisa, Peter and the rest of the team at Lincs for choosing ASSET. Installation and training are underway (as at 2/3/2010) and will be complete by end Mrach.

Great news - Foster CARES have placed an order for CHARMS and a date for installation/training has been agreed. We would like to thank Dave and Lil Cassie and the team for putting their faith in CHL and CHARMS - the most widely used Fostering/Foster care software in the UK.

We are very pleased to announce that Wigan Council, Department of Adult Services, Adult Learning and Employment have placed an Order for ASSET. ASSET is the ground-breaking, web based application which allows staff of Adults' Services to access information on their caseload securely wherever they are and whenever they need it. ASSET has been the most popular database system used by Supported Employment agencies since 1996. The Learning and Employment Service works with a range of community organisations to support a wide range of learning opportunities. The service also provides information, advice and guidance to anyone 18 and over, on any issue relating to learning and work.
The service is free, impartial and confidential. Whether you want to improve your career prospects, get a qualification or just make the most of your job, the service can help you.

Our Mission is:

"Supporting adults in their local communities to access and progress their learning"

The service can help you to get back into learning, develop your skills and improve your career prospects. We can:

give advice on ways to search for and apply for jobs, e.g. interview skills, CV workshop, completing applications forms, basic IT skills.
help link your personal interests and skills to your job or career;
give advice on ways to progress in a career;
identify the skills you may need and refer you to other support (if necessary) to help you to improve your reading, writing and maths skills;
refer you to other support available;
help you understand the job market;
give advice about financial support available;
give advice about services available during redundancy, including how to access services;
give advice about what is and is not available, and discuss alternatives.
The team have extensive experience of supporting people with a range of needs, many of whom have multiple barriers to overcome.

The service is also the primary deliverer of careers advice, advice and guidance services, and a range of other advice services across the borough.