Over 100 delegates from organisations including the Police, Probation, Fire Service local government, Housing Associations and voluntary groups braved the floods on Wednesday 28th November to travel to Staffordshire’s Police HQ for the inaugural E-CINS ‘Turning Local Good Practice into National Best Practice conference’.
Delegates came from as far as Devon and Cornwall and the South Coast to meet with colleagues, partners and peers from a range of organisations and agencies who were there to hear first-hand about E-CINS and how it is revolutionising multi-agency partnership working.
The day was billed as an opportunity to innovate, inspire and inform attendees about the ways existing users are adopting the system to manage a plethora of issues from ASB and vulnerable persons to Troubled Families and IOM. Judging by the feedback we’ve received so far we’d like to think we’ve achieved that aim.
Staffordshire’s Assistant Chief Constable Julian Blazeby opened the conference by explaining to the delegates “I think the limit for what E-CINS can be used for is our imagination”
Quotes from the Conference…
“I think the limit for what E-CINS can be used for is our imagination” Julian Blazeby – Assistant Chief Constable, Staffordshire
“It was very interesting to hear first hand how E-CINS will figure within the force in the future, we are using the package for R.J at the moment but it is obvious that it will be used for far more in the future. It was also nice to hear how enthusiastic people were about being able to share information easily and cut down on time”. Clair Iles, Tamworth LPT, Staffordshire Police
‘A really useful and practical day for sharing information. Thank you’. Karen Partridge, Risk Manager, Derbyshire Fire and Rescue
‘Great system, very intuitive and user friendly. Really needs the cooperation of everyone – perhaps consider inviting all of one county organisations at once and not a country-wide as you will miss organisations, and ultimately the main selling point that this is a system for one and all’. George Davis, Probation Officer, Devon & Cornwall Probation Trust
‘1 year on from going live with E-CINS and it’s working really well for us. No more unnecessary meetings and the ability to task others means we are no longer duplicating our efforts. We are able to ensure action is taken earlier in most cases and we are able to monitor who by and when. E-CINS is changing all the time as we are working with the E-CINS team to continually improve it. Quite simply, it’s a brilliant system.’ Rachel Tucker, Anti Social Behaviour Officer, Active Communities at Waveney District Council ‘
‘Very informative and the ECINS system is something I will be urgently trying to encourage my Council to install’, Robert Haynes, Community Safety Officer, Lichfield District Council
‘As part of a DV agency I was looking forward to see how E-CINS was working alongside the other areas within E-CINS. I can see how this could be a powerful tool as a co-ordinated community approach is integral to successful DV service provision particularly to high risk MARAC cases and the potential impact of DHRs, and therefore would be really interested to hear more around this. I enjoyed the day thank you and learnt a lot.’ Sass Boucher, Strategy & Development Officer, Staffordshire Woman’s Aid
‘Thank you for providing a worthwhile and engaging E-CINS National Conference. From an organisational and partnership perspective the system and approach has an immense amount of potential to improve partnership working in providing services for at risk vulnerable people.’ Mark Walchester, Strategic Partnerships and Engagements Officer, Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service
‘By end of day had a very good understanding of ECINS and its capabilities’. Phil Owen, IOM, Leicestershire Police