CHARMS Social Care Community Newsroom

Our October newsletter is out now! 📰
Discover what’s new, get some helpful CHARMS tips, and stay connected with our community, here 👉 https://mailchi.mp/socialcarenetwork/scn-newsletter-issue-62

Big thanks to Trish Kelly for this fantastic blog post about why Skylark Fostering chose CHARMS as their case management system! ☺️ We’re proud to support organisations like Skylark in the amazing work they do. 🙌 https://www.skylarkfostering.co.uk/skylark-blog/blog-post-charms 

Welcome to new CHARMS customer The Good Shepherd Centre!

The Good Shepherd Centre is a Scottish charity providing a secure and intensive service for vulnerable young people age 12-18 who have been referred to them through the Children’s Hearing System and the Criminal Justice System.

To learn more about the GSC please visit https://gsc.scot/

Our customer newsletter for September is here! Catch up on the latest updates, news, and helpful CHARMS tips from Social Care Network in our latest issue: https://mailchi.mp/socialcarenetwork/scn-newsletter-issue-61

Welcome to our newest customer Herefordshire County Council, who will now be using CHARMS for their Shared Lives Scheme.

To learn about Herefordshire Shared Lives please visit https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/shared-lives-herefordshire/shared-lives-scheme

Have you read our latest newsletter yet?

If you haven’t had a chance to check out our customer newsletter for August, now’s the perfect time to catch up on all things CHARMS: https://mailchi.mp/socialcarenetwork/scn-newsletter-issue-60

Welcome to new CHARMS customer ABC Fostering!

ABC are an independent fostering agency based in Salford. To learn more please visit their website https://www.abcfostering.co.uk/

Welcome to new CHARMS customer Parenting Assessments For All Ltd!

PAFA offer residential care on behalf of Local Authorities, placing families seeking support, in parenting assessment centres. We at SCN will be providing PAFA with our CHARMS residential care management software solution.

"We believe that every parent can harness their full potential within our care and with our support, so that they have the chance to raise their child/ren in the best possible environment."

For more information on the services PAFA offer, please check out their website

July's CHARMS customer newsletter is here! Catch up on all the latest updates from Social Care Network in our newest issue.

Read it online here!

We've received some fantastic CHARMS™ reviews on business software and services comparison platform SourceForge and have recently been awarded a Leader Award for Spring 2025 - meaning CHARMS is currently in the top fifth percentile of highly reviewed products on the site.

"From vision to implementation the programme has moved from the ground up over the years by an individual who knew exactly what was needed having worked out in the field."

"There isn't anything that I don't like about the system, the team at CHARMS are constantly updating functionality and improving the system."

"CHARMS is very intuitive, with only a small amount of guidance you are able to quickly navigate the system."

"I highly recommend Social Care Network to any organization seeking a reliable and sophisticated solution for managing social care services"

"..an extremely knowledgeable team who understand the important work we do, and using CHARMS as our Data Management System just makes our roles that bit easier"

"SCN remain a consistent and invaluable source of support for our agency and we have always found them to be responsive, proactive and helpful."

"..new features are being developed all the time in response to the needs of real world users"

"Couldn't envision using any system other than CHARMS within our agency"

"I personally have used CHARMS for nearly 20 years, it has continually evolved during that time but has never lost it's primary focus. To make the recording and retrieval of information as easy as possible."

"I feel I could ring the company at any time and still speak to the CEO with ease - more to the point he would take the call."

To read more verified user reviews please visit  our reviews page