Nottinghamshire Common Assessment Framework Handbook

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Contents Overview 1. Common Assessment Framework 1.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.2 Where to find further information about the CAF . . . . . . . . 1 1.3 The Nottinghamshire CAF Paperwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.4 How we have introduced the CAF in Nottinghamshire . . . . . . 2 1.5 An overview of the CAF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.6 Using the CAF in Nottinghamshire: Principles . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.7 Using the CAF in Nottinghamshire: CAF Process Summary . . . 4 1.8 What do we mean by Early Intervention?. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.9 How does the CAF support Early Intervention? . . . . . . . . . . 7 1.10 How does the Joint Access Team (JAT) support Integrated Early Intervention work? . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1.11 Forms to be used in Nottinghamshire to record CAF assessments and Lead Professional working . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1.12 Nottinghamshire procedures for registering CAF work . . . . . . 9 1.13 Support for practitioners using the CAF . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2. Lead Professional 2.1 Rationale for the Lead Professional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2.2 Vision and Core Functions for the Lead Professional . . . . . . 13 2.3 The role of the Lead Professional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2.4 Useful skills for the Lead Professional . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 2.5 Myth Buster - the Lead Professional Role . . . . . . . . . . . 14 2.6 Team Around the Child (TAC)/Multi-Agency Meeting . . . . . 15 2.7 Management, Supervision, Training and Development . . . . . 15 3. Frequently Asked Questions about CAF and Lead Professional 3.1 Frequently Asked Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 3.2 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers . . . . . . . . . . . 18 4. Information Sharing within Integrated Early Intervention Work in Nottinghamshire 4.1 Purpose of this Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 4.2 Nottinghamshire advice on information sharing about individual children and young people within integrated locality working . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 4.3 Context: Summary of National Guidance and Advice on Information Sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 4.4 Information Sharing and Confidentiality . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 4.5 Seven Golden Rules for Information Sharing . . . . . . . . . . 28 4.6 Seven key questions for Information Sharing . . . . . . . . . . 28 5. Nottinghamshire CAF Quality Assurance Framework 5.1 Nottinghamshire Quality Assurance Framework for the CAF . . 31
6. Appendices Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D Appendix E Appendix F Appendix G Appendix H Appendix I Appendix J Appendix K Appendix L Appendix M Appendix N Appendix O Appendix P CAF Guidance CAF Form Pre-assessment Checklist Review/Action Plan Integrated Services Leaflet – Logging CAFs Example of a CAF Team Around the Child (TAC) Meeting Agenda Meeting Attendance Register CAF Self Assessment Checklist Supervision Checklist CAF My Feelings Tool CAF My Feelings Tool Guidance Notes Young Person’s Questionnaire Parents Questionnaire CAF Quality Review Form Quality Assurance Working Group Terms of Reference Regional Minimum Standards for the Common Assessment Framework (CAF) within Integrated Working Practices in the East Midlands 7. Resources for the Common Assessment Framework
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Review progress and goals Action Wh
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To ensure that there is only one CA
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Appendix H Nottinghamshire Common A
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Appendix I Nottinghamshire Common A
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Appendix J CAF My Feelings Colourin
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CAF My Feelings Number Line Date...
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CAF My Feelings Feedback Record For
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CAF My Feelings Feedback Record For
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Appendix L Common Assessment Framew
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Appendix M Common Assessment Framew
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Appendix N CAF Quality Review Form
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Conclusions, solutions and actions
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Section 2-In Depth Review Not compl
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Section 3-Evaluation of the Partici
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Section 4-Measurement of the Effect
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Appendix O Common Assessment Framew
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Appendix P Common Assessment Framew
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Section 7 Resources This section in
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