Common Assessment Framework Courses

CAF Awareness

CAF Awareness will help you to understand what the Common Assessment Framework is, and why it is important, by outlining it's key aims and principles. It covers the reason and purpose for a CAF and how it will lead to better outcomes for children, young people and their families. It is essential for all staff who need to know about the CAF (especially those who initiate CAFs) but may not directly undertake the CAF assessment. It is also a required course for those intending to do CAF Completer training.

Information Sharing Protocol - (ISP)

This course is designed to raise awareness and promote the confidence of practitioners working within a range of agencies in sharing information. It is an essential course for those intending to do CAF Completer Training.

Alternatively, if you would prefer to attend an Information Sharing course please go to http://www3.hants.gov.uk/childrens-services/practitioners-information/caf-and-locality-teams/caf-and-is-training.htm for dates in your area The above courses are available as e-learning courses and each take about 90 minutes to complete. Please contact Alice Warr at alice.warr@hants.gov.uk for log in details. Please include in this e-mail your setting name, Ofsted number and Subscription number.

CAF - Using CAF to support early intervention (previously CAF Completer)

This training will focus on how to complete a CAF, the role of the locality teams and action planning. To gain the most from this training you will have needed to have either attended, or completed by e-learning, a CAF Awareness course/pre-reading and an Information Sharing Protocol (ISP) course. Course dates and more information for multi agency training are available through the CAF project team.