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What is the Common Assessment Framework?

The Common Assessment Framework (CAF) is a new, standardised approach to assessing children and young people’s needs and deciding how they should be met. It aims to help all of us whose work brings us into contact with children and families to identify children with additional needs and intervene much earlier to help them. The CAF is intended to be simple to use and is geared towards the practical delivery of support to children and young people.

Please follow this link for answers to some Frequently Asked Questions.

Details

Anyone whose work brings them into contact with children and families should have an awareness of the CAF and either know how to complete a common assessment themselves or know how to arrange to have one carried out. Everyone working with children should be aware of the sorts of situations that indicate the need for a common assessment. Every organisation offering services to children will need to ensure at least some of its staff are equipped to complete common assessments.

About the Bromley CAF Team

The CAF Team is based in Bromley Central Library. Following the conclusion of a successful pilot, the Common Assessment Framework (CAF) will be introduced across Bromley over the next few months as part of the continuing agenda to deliver high quality and timely services to children, young people and families. The CAF Team is a multi-agency team consisting of colleagues with backgrounds in health, education, social care and the voluntary sector. The team has been set up to support the implementation of the CAF by offering advice, support and training opportunities to practitioners completing CAFs and/or acting as Lead Professionals.

Further Information

Copies of the guidance and general information about the CAF can be found on the Every Child Matters website: www.everychildmatters.gov.uk.

For further information you can contact the CAF team on:

Contact Details

Telephone: 020 8461 7174

Address:
Common Assessment Framework Team, Bromley Central Library, 3rd Floor, High Street, Bromley BR1 1EX

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Bromley Children Fund

Bromley Children Project

Common Assessment Framework

Documents

Common Assessment Framework - Managers Guide Common Assessment Framework - Practitioners Guide Common Assessment Framework - The Lead Professional - Practitioners Guide Common Assessment Framework - The Lead Professional - Managers Guide Common Assessment Framework - Information Sharing - Practitioners Guide Common Assessment Framework - Information Leaflet - Parents and Carers Common Assessment Framework - Information Leaflet - Children and Young People Common Assessment Framework Process Flowchart Common Assessment Framework - Pre-Assessment Checklist Common Assessment Framework form Common Assessment Framework - Initial Team around the Child Meeting Common Assessment Framework - Review Team around the Child Meeting Bromley Safeguarding Thresholds Guidance

Useful Websites

The Children's Workforce Development Council website Department for Children, Schools and Families