DATA ARCHITECTURE & INTEROPERABILITY

Data Interoperability & Single View of the Resident

Council Data Interoperability breaks down proprietary vendor silos across social care, housing, and revenues. We architect modern integration layers (IPaaS), Master Data Management (MDM), and Caldicott-compliant citizen records aligned with GDS Local standards.

THE SILO BOTTLENECK

Why Council Data Silos Put Vulnerable Residents at Risk

In most UK local authorities, a resident may be known to Adult Social Care, owe Council Tax in Revenues, be on the Housing waiting list, and have children in local schools—yet none of these systems talk to one another. Frontline caseworkers waste thousands of hours manually re-keying data, while vulnerable citizens slip through institutional blind spots.

Civic Shift architects modern, secure integration platforms (IPaaS) on Microsoft Azure and open APIs. We implement Master Data Management (MDM) solutions that safely match citizen identities, eliminate duplicate records, and give caseworkers a holistic 360-degree Single View of the Resident while strictly adhering to Caldicott Guardian and GDPR principles.

Core Data Deliverables

  • ✓ 360° Single View of Resident: Consolidated identity matching across statutory lines of business.
  • ✓ Enterprise IPaaS Architecture: Event-driven integration fabric replacing fragile point-to-point batch files.
  • ✓ GDS Local Standards Alignment: Open data schemas that prevent future proprietary vendor lock-in.
  • ✓ Caldicott & DSA Governance: Data Sharing Agreements and Information Asset Register (IAR) compliance.
ENGAGEMENT LEVELS

Data Interoperability Delivery Tiers

Bronze Level
Data Maturity & Integration Diagnostic

Rapid baseline audit of council data assets, siloed databases, duplicate resident records, and Caldicott compliance.

  • ✓ Data maturity & silo assessment
  • ✓ Line-of-business schema review
  • ✓ Caldicott & GDPR compliance baseline
  • ✓ Integration bottleneck heat-map
Silver Level
API Integration Blueprint & Schema Mapping

Architecture pattern design for event-driven APIs, IPaaS integration layers, and canonical resident data schemas.

  • ✓ API-led integration blueprint
  • ✓ Canonical citizen data model
  • ✓ IPaaS selection & Azure integration setup
  • ✓ Secure data exchange protocols
Gold Level
Multi-Agency Master Data Management (MDM)

Council-wide Master Data Management build delivering a true 360-degree Single View of the Resident across statutory directorates.

  • ✓ Multi-agency MDM implementation
  • ✓ Automated resident deduplication engine
  • ✓ Real-time data pipeline architecture
  • ✓ Frontline officer Single View dashboard
★ Platinum Level
Full Ownership of Problem (Data Governance & IPaaS)

End-to-end practice accountability for resolving proprietary data locking, breaking supplier cartels, and governing live council data operations.

  • ✓ Direct ownership of data integration outcomes
  • ✓ Embedded Lead Data Architect
  • ✓ Proprietary vendor API extraction
  • ✓ Information Governance Board chairing