hildren’s Social Care  User experience testing sessions with Children’s Social Workers to assess usability of the tool Further information on the exact methods used to gather this data is given below. 3.1 Case Studies with Different Areas of Children’s Social Care Six workshops were conducted prior to development of the prototype tools across the different teams that sit within Children and Young People’s Services. Business analysts met with all core teams, this was seen as important because the way in which teams use the existing Case Management System and the tasks they carry out on a day-to-day basis can differ greatly. We conducted ‘Service in a Snapshot’ workshops with the following teams: 1. Front Door Team 2. Children in Care Team 3. Adoption Team 4. Leaving Care Team 5. Early Help Service 6. Safeguarding Team Workshop sessions were between 90 and 180 minutes, the length of time depended on the amount of information there was to be discussed. The general format of the sessions comprised of a brief introduction to the project from the Project Lead. Then a list of tasks that are carried out on a regular basis were generated. For each of the tasks we measured the length of time it took, and the number of steps carried out to complete the task, for example, finding a safety plan for a child. There was also discussion about how the tool might benefit each of the pieces of work that Social Workers carry out. Outputs from sessions held with the four teams listed in bold above are included at Appendix 1. 3.2 Baseline Survey of Children’s Social Care Service Information from the case studies was used to develop benefits measures and to develop the questions included in a survey designed to provide baselines for the measures (Appendix 2). This survey was an online survey,