This half-day session (9.30 - 12.30pm with a 10min break) aims to brief new staff and existing staff, who are working for services that have funding granted to them by the Supporting People programme.

The Common Assessment Framework (CAF) is about integrated working: practitioners enabled and encouraged to working together in more integrated front-line services, built around the needs of children and young people, using common processes which are designed to create and underpin joint working.

The briefing is suitable for those frontline workers and managers who have little or no prior knowledge about the CAF

Course Content

• Overview of the Common Assessment Framework
• To be familiar with the assessment forms
• Links to the Safeguarding and Protection from Abuse in the QAF
• Evaluation

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of the course participants will have:

• More knowledge about the Every Child Matters framework and the Common Assessment Framework
• Identifying skills for assessment
• Understand requirements of the QAF in relation to the CAF

Jo has many years experience of working with vulnerable people. She has worked for the past 22 years, in social work, community work and the supported housing arena. Jo has worked for several national organisations, as well as small and local voluntary agencies and Local Authorities. Her experience covers a variety of roles, including management and development and service provision along with experience of a broad range of client groups, including young homeless people, people with mental health problems, people with drug and alcohol problems, older people, offenders and refugees/asylum seekers. She has extensive experience of working with the SP Programme and currently works for Wakefield MDC assisting them to progress with the National Personalisation agenda for Adult Social Care Services.