This paper considers the value of audit tools in children's services. The article draws upon reflections from an audit of the Common Assessment Framework (CAF) in an English local authority. The wider ...

The common assessment framework is a tool that aims to transform the way children's needs are assessed. Samantha Thorp investigates what lessons those authorities that have implemented the framework ...

Practitioners in Bristol are finding that the common assessment framework has enabled them to improve their services to children dramatically. Natasha Salari reports Meeting the needs of vulnerable ...

What the Common Assessment Framework will mean for the assessment of children's needs and the sharing of information. Didn't I respond to something on the Common Assessment Framework (CAF) a few ...

The online version of the Common Assessment Framework (CAF), known as eCAF, has been launched by Capita Children's Services to help local authorities evaluate children's needs. The system is compliant ...

The lack of a common assessment framework for children “in need” and those “at risk of significant harm” hinders child protection, says Barry Raynes If you want to make change happen in social ...

Using the Common Assessment Framework is cost-effective in identifying children and families who need help early and in reducing costs up to 15 years later, research has found. A study of 80 cases in ...