Crisis and Resilience Management
System

Compliant Support and Measurable Outcomes
Manage crisis payments, housing support, resilience services and partner support delivery in one connected platform. The Intelisense CRMS is built on Microsoft Dynamics 365 and designed for UK local authorities.

Secure by design

Microsoft Cloud

Built for councils

One record. For every council.

Connected Support. Compliant Delivery. Measurable Resilience

The Intelisense Crisis and Resilience Management System (CRMS) helps local authorities manage the complete funding journey.

Resident Intake & Smart Triage

What we do
Capture CRF applications across multiple channels and assess eligibility for support services or funding routing each Resident to the right department.
Outcome
Every Resident lands in the right place from day one, with no missed applications and a clean audit trail from first contact.

Partner Assignment & Case Management

What we do
Assign the Resident to a specialist support partner through the CRMS, giving the partner full case context via their dedicated partner portal.
Outcome
Partners have everything they need to begin meaningful support immediately, without chasing the council for background information.

Resilience Plan & Support Delivery

What we do
The partner works with the Resident to build and deliver a structured resilience plan, logging sessions, actions and progress directly in the portal.
Outcome
Every intervention is recorded against the seven DWP outcome categories, building the evidence base for the MI return as it happens.

Financial Aid Assessment & Approval

What we do
Where the council or a partner identifies a Resident needs monetary support, they raise a financial aid case in the portal — the council reviews and approves within the CRM.
Outcome
Financial decisions are governed, auditable and provide visibility of funding activity.

Case Closure & Resident Feedback

What we do
Close the case with structured outcome data recorded and trigger the optional post-engagement survey to the Resident.
Outcome
Council captures real feedback on the Resident experience and self-assessed financial improvement, feeding both service improvement and DWP outcome evidence.

MI Reporting & DWP Compliance

What we do
Pull a complete, field-by-field MI return across all 30 DWP tables directly from structured case data captured throughout the journey.
Outcome
The Section 151 Officer can review and sign off a compliant six-monthly submission with no manual data assembly and no last-minute scramble.

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One Solution. 7 ways it delivers

Intelisense CRMS creates a structured digital record that brings together the information required to manage the Crisis and Resilience Fund safely, compliantly and effectively.

Unified Record

Complete Resident View

Access a single, secure record that brings together every application, funding, assessment and support interaction, giving teams and partners the full context needed to support each Resident effectively.

Connect crisis payments, housing payments, resilience services and partner activity around one Resident record. Teams can see every application made, every award given and every outcome recorded across the life of the fund.

  • Unified Resident and household history across all CRF strands
  • Applications, awards, referrals and outcomes in one place
  • Vulnerability, safeguarding and NRPF flags readily available
Coordination

Connected Delivery and Automation

Manage the entire Resident journey through one connected platform, helping council teams and delivery partners coordinate referrals, support plans and financial aid with greater efficiency.

Replace manual tracking, email-based partner updates and spreadsheet-based fund administration with structured processes and automated workflows. This gives teams more time to focus on Residents rather than administration.

  • Application intake and triage management across all channels
  • Partner assignment and support plan coordination
  • Shared workflows between council teams and delivery partners
Oversight

Partner Oversight & Control

Maintain full visibility of what each support partner is doing, how much of their allocation they have spent and what outcomes they are achieving without losing governance or audit control.

Partners record support activity, log resilience outcomes and raise financial aid cases directly in their portal. The council reviews, approves and tracks every financial decision within the CRM before a payment is made.

  • Real-time partner allocation and spend visibility
  • Financial aid child case approval workflow
  • Partner activity and outcome recording in one place
Compliance

Built-In MI Compliance

Capture the data required for every DWP MI return table at the point of entry, so the six-monthly submission is always ready — not rebuilt from scratch at the deadline.

Every structured field in CRMS maps directly to a DWP MI return table. The MI compliance dashboard mirrors Tables 1–30 in real time, flags incomplete mandatory fields and supports the Section 151 Officer sign-off workflow.

  • Structured data capture aligned to all 30 DWP MI tables
  • MI compliance pre-flight dashboard with gap flagging
  • Section 151 Officer approval and submission workflow
Visibility

Operational Visibility

Monitor fund performance through real-time dashboards that provide greater visibility of spend, SLA compliance, partner activity and Resident demographics across every CRF strand.

Give caseworkers live SLA tracking, give finance teams a real-time spend breakdown by strand and partner, and give leadership a clear view of volumes, outcomes and demographic reach — at any point in the reporting period.

  • 48-hour SLA monitoring and breach alerting
  • Spend by strand, partner and demographic group
  • Repeat applicant and warm referral tracking
Governance

Governance & Audit Trail

Maintain a complete and auditable record of every decision, approval, payment and communication to support governance, DWP oversight and internal accountability.

Record every eligibility decision, financial aid approval, disbursement and outcome against the relevant Resident or case. This supports the council's obligations under the CRF grant conditions, DWP data-sharing requirements and UK GDPR.

  • Full application and decision history per Resident
  • Financial aid approvals and disbursement audit trail
  • Structured records for DWP review and internal governance
Insights

Actionable Insights

Transform structured fund data into reliable reporting that supports confident decision-making across programme managers, finance teams, elected members and the Section 151 Officer.

Connect with Microsoft Power BI, Power Automate, SharePoint and the wider Microsoft 365 ecosystem to create a scalable foundation that evolves with the fund and with the council's wider digital strategy.

  • Customisable Power BI dashboards for every audience
  • Crisis, housing and resilience strand reporting
  • Resident outcomes, demographics and fund performance analytics

Built for Every Stakeholder

Frontline Caseworkers

Access Resident information quickly, review application history, check SLA status, record assessment decisions and create warm referrals into resilience services all within a single structured interface.

Team Leaders And Supervisors

Monitor team workloads, identify SLA breaches, review repeat applicants and manage case assignments using real-time operational dashboards.

Support Delivery Partners

Receive referred Resident record support activities, log resilience outcomes, raise financial aid cases and view remaining CRF allocation through a structured partner portal without direct access to the council's internal CRM.

Finance And Compliance Teams

Track spend by strand, by partner and by demographic group. Review financial aid approvals, monitor partner allocation drawdown and extract structured data for the six-monthly DWP MI return.

Senior Leadership And Members

Gain a clear view of programme performance spend, volumes, outcomes, partner activity and Resident demographics through executive dashboards without needing to access case-level records.

Residents

Receive timely decisions, clear communications, accessible support across multiple contact channels and an optional feedback survey that helps the council improve services for future residents.

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