Nottinghamshire Common Assessment Framework Handbook

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Relationship with Children’s Trust • The CAF Quality Assurance Group is a sub group that will report directly to the Early Intervention Working Group • The CAF Quality Assurance Group will report to the Early Intervention Working Group through the CAF and Lead Professional Development Manager who is a member of the Early Intervention Working Group • The Early Intervention Working Group is a working group of the Children’s Trust Executive. Relationship with the Regional CAF and Integrated Working Practices Quality Assurance Group • The Nottinghamshire Quality Assurance Group will share good practice and local priorities with the Regional CAF and Integrated Working Practices Quality Assurance Group through the CAF and Lead Professional Development Manager who is the chair of the Regional CAF and Integrated Working Practices Quality Assurance Group • The Regional CAF and Integrated Working Practices Quality Assurance Group will oversee the arrangements for the East Midlands Minimum Standards for CAF and Integrated Working Practices as part of the Regional Improvement Plan. Frequency of Meetings • Meetings will be held bi-monthly • Additional task and finish groups may be established to undertake individual agency audits and may need to meet more frequently to complete tasks given to them by the CAF Quality Assurance Group. Chairing • The group will be chaired by ________________________________________________ Administration • Administration will be led by Nottinghamshire County Council Integrated Services • Administration arrangements will be reviewed annually • Relevant papers for the meeting will be sent at least 1 week before the meeting is due to take place • Copies of CAF’s to be audited will be anonymised and presented during the meeting • Copies of relevant audit tools will be provided at each meeting • Copies of the CAF audits will be typed and forwarded to the practitioner and their line manager. Membership • All members of the group will identify an appropriate person within their service to attend where the primary representative is unavailable • Additional co-opted members will be invited when a particular issue requires additional input • Co-opted members will be added to the circulation list and will receive papers for information. Review The terms of reference and function of the group will be reviewed in 6 months after the terms of reference have been approved and then annually.
Appendix P Common Assessment Framework Proposed minimum regional standards for the Common Assessment Framework (CAF) within integrated working practices in the East Midlands Standards for the CAF process A. Needs identification 1. A CAF assessment should be undertaken where a child/young person has additional needs, except in cases of child protection where practitioners should follow the Local Safeguarding Children Procedures. 2. Principle: Both the identified needs as well as the strengths of the child/young person and their family should be explored as part of the common assessment and utilised as part of the action planning and delivery stage. 3. A CAF assessment cannot be undertaken without the agreement of the child/young person (and their family for under 12s) and they should be involved at every stage of the CAF process, especially the Team around the Child/Family. 4. All completed CAF assessments should be logged on a central IT system and practitioners should always check whether a CAF exists for a child/young person. B. Assessing needs and planning support 1. Where more than one service is required to meet needs, the consent of the child/young person and their family should be gained to share the common assessment, a Team around the Child/Family should be formed and a Lead Professional agreed. 2. The date of the first TAC/TAF meeting should be set and notified to the family quickly and should always take place within 20 working days of the initial CAF assessment being completed. 3. All Children’s Trusts’ CAF forms will reflect the national CAF form. 4. The practitioner undertaking a common assessment should always explore wider areas with the child/young person and family and, as appropriate, either supply sufficient evidence to make a judgement in every box on the CAF form or indicate a plan to obtain it. 5. Practitioners should not promise services/actions on behalf of another service. 6. Where a referral is made to social care or other statutory body, the lead professional remains in the lead until the initial assessment is completed and/or responsibility is assumed by that organisation. C. During the delivery phase 1. The CAF delivery/action plan should be first reviewed within three months of the first TAC/TAF meeting and thereafter every three months.
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