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Introduction
The Common Assessment Framework (CAF) is the process by which schools, social services and other agencies working with children and young people assess potential barriers to student achievement and wellbeing and set in place means by which these are addressed. The CAF process, although daunting at first, is the key to multi-agency sharing of information and ultimately clarifying roles and responsibilities with reference to a particular child or young person.
Benefits
This practical handbook will:
- inform and guide school-based staff through the Common Assessment Framework (CAF) process
- explain the principles of the CAF and the tools that your local authority should have in place to support multi-agency working
- give you a ready-made training package for you to use to explain these principles to the staff in your school, so they know who to contact and what to do if they have a concern about a child or young person in school
- provide advice and guidance on how best to carry out the CAF interview with parents, children and young people
- illustrate, through sample CAF forms based on a wide range of case scenarios, what sort of information should be recorded and how that information can be used to identify targets and develop an action plan
- describe activities that can be used to help elicit the views of children and young people so that they can contribute to the process without feeling threatened
- give you advice and guidance on how to conduct a successful multi-agency meeting after a CAF has been completed.
Summary of contents
Chapter 1 – An understanding of Every Child Matters
The aim of the first chapter is to give you a clear understanding of the indicators of vulnerability used by the CAF. It takes you through what the five outcomes from Every Child Matters (ECM) mean in practical terms and what circumstances will best help children and young people to realise them. It will also help you to understand the unique position of schools in terms of the knowledge they already have of children and young people and how the CAF is the tool you should use to identify any unmet needs.
Details
Book: A4 wirobound with cd rom
eBook: 1 x PDF, 1 x PowerPoint presentation
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