Children and Young People's Services: a vision to
encourage and enable all children and young people in Suffolk to
aspire to and achieve their potential.
The Common Assessment Framework (CAF) is a key part of
delivering early frontline services that are integrated and focused
around the needs of children and young people. The CAF is a
standardised approach to conducting an assessment of a child's
additional needs and planning how those needs should be met.
ContactPoint is a national database of all
children aged 0-18 years in England. It will hold identifying
information for the child and contact details for their
parent(s)/carer(s) as well as services which are currently working
with the child.
There is no case or assessment information on ContactPoint and
only authorised users will be able to access the database.
Alice Redfearn is the Local Implementation Manager and can be
contacted on
Alice.Redfearn@cexec.suffolkcc.gov.uk or
07841 939820
Further details can be found on the
Every Child Matters Website
Guidance
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CAF: national guidance (Every Child Matters web site)
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CAF update June 2008 (Word, 29Kb)
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CAF and referrals to CYP social care team (Word, 26Kb)
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Guide to the CAF process in Suffolk (Word,
195Kb)
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CAF guidance for practitioners (draft) (Word, 1.85Mb)
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CAF administrators - Where to send completed CAF
forms (Word, 46Kb)
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List of CAF Panel Meetings (last updated 15 Sept
2008) (Word, 80Kb)
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CAF contact details for other local authorities (Word,
36Kb)
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Information Sharing and Assessment leaflet (PDF, 92Kb)
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Lead Professional leaflet for practitioners (PDF, 1.98Mb)
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Helping Children - parent leaflet (PDF, 389Kb)
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Helping Children leaflet (PDF, 389Kb)
CAF Training