Data explained: Social Services Client Administration and Retrieval Environment (SOSCARE)

This Data Explained summarises selected content and potential uses of the Northern Ireland (NI) children’s social care data contained in the Social Services Client Administration and Retrieval Environment (SOSCARE) dataset. This publication aims to guide researchers who are interested in using this data to investigate the experiences and outcomes of children and young people in contact with children’s social care services in NI. This Data Explained has been produced by researchers at Queen’s University Belfast working within the Administrative Data Research Centre Northern Ireland (ADRC NI). It provides a snapshot of current learning about the SOSCARE data. Views expressed in this Data Explained are those of the researchers and not necessarily those of the data owners.