Lancashire based agency, Excel Fostering are to use CHARMS to manage theadministration of theircarer recruitment and child referral procedures. A beneficial business analysis day at their offices inSt Anne's in early April haspaved the way for the data import and eventual implementation of CHL's market leading fostering software system. Training dates are to be arranged to enable staff at Excel to begin to enjoy the benefits of using CHARMS on a day to day basis and for management information reports. If you would like information about CHARMS, please call CHL on 0161 237 1872 or email us at info@chl-systems.co.uk

01/04/2011

The Implementation of CHARMS Onlinehas been carried out at Children First Fostering's Basildon office during the week commencing 14th March 2011. A team from CHLdelivered training to all staff, including social workers based at Bedford, enabling the agency to take a step forward in the way they record referrals, new enquiries, placementsand all associated events. The newly installed software will also facilitatetheir reporting and statistics production. Further site visits from CHL officerswill take place over the next few weeks, to ensure that the fostering databaseis runningsmoothly and that all the staff at Children First are making the most of the system now at their disposal.

22/03/2011

We are pleased to announce that Safehouses have agreed to proceed with CHARMS. After a very enjoyable meeting and demonstration Safehouses has decided that CHARMS Online is the system for them. CHARMS is the most widely used fostering system in the UK. For more information please call 0161 237 1872,

19/03/2011

To help you to comply with the “The Fostering Services (England) Regulations 2011” CHL has created a Policies section ofCHARMS and has already incorporated a “Statement of Purpose” and “Children’s Guide” area, which you may keep up-to-date and, with CHL’s help, automatically update your website. The Regulations now instruct agencies as follows : ‘The fostering service provider must provide a copy of the statement of purpose to the Chief Inspector, place a copy on their website (if they have one)…’ With our help you mayauto-update your websiteand you can be sure that the Statement of Purpose and Children’s Guide are always up-to-date. And of course CHARMS stores all of the details required under the legislation with regard to the keeping of records on staff, carers and children. For more information on how CHARMS can help you to manage children and carer records in accordance with the Regulations please contact Jim Moores on 0161 237 1872.

13/03/2011

CHL are delighted to announce that St Christopher's Fellowship have chosen CHARMS as the software solution tomanage their wide variety of services, whichinclude foster and residential care,help for young people in supported housing and assistance for those in need of support in their education. The system implementation is to commence in January 2011,following a business analysis work. Once installation is complete and training delivered,admin staff, social workers and management will be able toenjoy the many benefits of using CHARMS. If you are interested in finding out more about CHARMS, please call 0161 237 1872 oremail info@chl-systems.co.uk.

13/12/2010

North Wales Adoption Service have recently made the decision to add the LETTERBOX module to their CHARMS Adoption Management System. Letterbox will assiststaffin managingthe process wherebybirth relatives and adoptive parentsstay in contact by exchanging written information. In the past it was believed that adopted children needed a "clean break", and all ties with their birth family were cut. It is now agreed that many children benefit from a more open attitude towards adoption and the Letterbox service was set up in recognition of this. We at CHL are delighted that our ongoing working relationship with North Wales Adoption Service will be extended by the addition of this module.

10/12/2010

Great News! BAAF in Scotland recently reached thedecision to have CHARMS installed as their Adoption & Fostering Management system. CHL are very much looking forward to what we hope will be a long and successfulworking relationship. Implementation dates are being finalised and it is anticipated that it will commencein early 2011 at BAAF's offices in the wonderful City of Edinburgh, once the snow has cleared, of course!

10/12/2010

We are delighted to announce that Capstone Foster Care have chosen to go with CHARMS. The implementation process is underway and an on sitebusiness analysis dayhas been carried out. It is anticipated that by the end of February 2011, all staff at offices across London, the South East, the South West and the West Midlands will have received training and the sytem will go live. Jim Moores, Managing Director at CHL said : "I am particularlyexcited about this project and my thanks go to Richard and the team at Capstone Foster Care for choosing to enter intopartnership with CHL.I am confident that onceCHARMS is embedded at Capstone, it will prove to be a vital component in their ongoing success.

09/12/2010

We are very pleased to announce that early in the new year we will be implementing CHARMS for Children First Fostering Agency. After careful consideration it was decided that CHARMS was the best system to manage children and carer records. We are looking forward to the implementation in Bedford and Basildon.

03/12/2010

Ofsted have declared Fostering Solutions Outstanding . The inspection took place in September 2010 and the report was released in November.

28/11/2010