Integrated Working Tools & Processes

Nationally - CAF, Information sharing, Lead Professional, ContactPoint
Locally - Children's Services Directory, Extended Services, Area Children's Teams (ACT), Children's Centres

Common Assessment Framework (CAF)

• An opportunity to sit down with someone who knows your child/young person and fully discuss their needs

• A common process enabling practitioners to make an assessment – and act on the result

• A standard form to record the assessment and where appropriate, share it with others

• The CAF assessment aims to capture a range of elements that describe and affect a child or young persons development. Areas included in the assessment are health, general development, education, social development and relationships plus housing and family relationships and networks. The CAF assessment can be built upon over time and therefore focus on areas of need.

• CAF is the only assessment that can be used by all agencies in England that deliver services to children and young people.

The CAF Co-ordinator can be contacted either by email at caf@rbwm.gov.uk or by telephone on 07979 703927. The Co-ordinator will be able to give general advice on completing a CAF, advise whether one is in progress and discuss the local process. CAF Forms can be downloaded via the link at the bottom of the page.

Children's Service Directory
The RBWM Children's Service Directory can be accessed from the Home page of the website.  All the agencies and organisations offering services to children, young people and their families

• CAF Form (206KB)