ns raised about the role technology plays in Social Work. Two landmark reviews of the Children’s Social Care system have criticised technology for hampering social workers rather than helping them but there has been little movement in redressing this balance due to a number of key factors. Firstly, in respect of case management systems there is little in terms of variety available to the sector. Two case management system providers dominate the market and Local Authorities (LAs) are often in a position of multi-year contracts. Secondly, whilst many people are keen to see technology improve their access to information, the potential benefits of changing systems appear outweighed by the effort and costs associated with this. Including migrating data and staff training. These factors are significant contributors to the market stagnation that is apparent. The Department for Education had heard from the sector that social workers’ digital tools do not adequately support their information recording, retrieval, sharing or analysis, adding to burdens and not optimally supporting decision- making. To respond to this the Department for Education’s (DfE) Data and Digital Solutions Fund (DDSF) and sought LAs to demonstrate how advanced technology could deliver improvement. Through this fund North Yorkshire Council was provided an opportunity to pilot innovative technologies and solutions aimed at improving information retrieval and analysis, and to reimagine case management. This work has been an exploration, incorporating Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI has become a headline topic globally and the timing has meant that there is an appetite to think about safe and ethical use cases for AI within Children’s Social Care (CSC) practice. Aims This pilot aimed to create two proof-of-co