Minimum Regional Standards for CAF Processes
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 fed into Contact Point when available) and practitioners should always check whether a CAF exists for a child/young person.
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Resources shared by regional colleagues to support the implementation of these standards
CAF Toolkit (Nottingham) 