Nottinghamshire Common Assessment Framework Handbook

4. If multi-agency support is needed
Phone the IST when the date of the first multi-agency family support meeting is agreed.
5. EVERY TIME a multi-agency family support meeting has happened
The lead professional phones the IST with agreed action and the next meeting date.
Possible actions are:
n multi-agency support continues
n referral to specialist service
n multi-agency support no longer needed.
6. If an updated CAF is completed at any stage
The practitioner who led on the CAF phones the IST with information about action
agreed (possible actions are as in situation 2).
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Support for practitioners using the CAF
Before you start to use the CAF for the first time, you should make sure that you have
discussed this with your line manager. Your line manager should confirm with you how
to store a completed CAF within your service records and agree with you how you will be
supported within your service.
If you have any questions or concerns about CAF, you should always first discuss them
with your line manager. You may then agree, together with your line manager, to seek
the advice of your local JAT team. JAT teams can discuss individual children with the
consent of the family and recommend action. This could be at any stage in working with
a child or young person; you might want to seek advice about whether the CAF would be
a useful approach, or having completed a CAF, you might want to seek advice on how to
meet the child’s support needs.
Up-to-date information about the CAF is available online at:
www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/commonassessmentframework
If you want advice on using the CAF, or have any questions about how we are
implementing the CAF in Nottinghamshire, you may contact the CAF Team.
The CAF Team Telephone: 01623 433181
E-mail: caf@nottscc.gov.uk
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