Early identification, assessment of needs and intervention - The Common Assessment Framework (CAF) for children and young people: A guide for practitioners

On 1 October 2006, the Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC) took over responsibility from the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) (previously the Department for Education and Skills – DfES) for the implementation of the toolkits and guidance which support integrated working.

This guidance replaces the Common Assessment Framework for children and young people: practitioners’ guide originally published by the DfES in 2006 and reprinted in September 2007. It remains non-statutory guidance. The new guidance has been updated and re-titled in order to reflect policy developments and include revisions identified in consultation with practitioners and managers across the children and young people’s workforce. It also seeks to link together the processes and tools mentioned above, to show how collectively they provide a package of support to help practitioners and managers implement integrated working in their practice.

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