Following the death of Victoria Climbie, the Laming Enquiry and Report recommended new ways of working in children's services to support children, young people and families. These new ways of working are known collectively as "Integrated Working".
The key to this way of working is for practitioners to work together to identify needs earlier, and to put in place a programme of services to better meet the child and family's needs.
This will ensure that children and young people get a better start in life, and meet the five Every Child Matters outcomes:
- Be Healthy
- Stay Safe
- Enjoy and Achieve
- Achieve Economic Wellbeing
- Make a Positive Contribution
These new processes and systems include:
Single Agency Referral Form (SARF)
Common Assessment Framework (CAF)
Lead Professional
Information Sharing
Integrated Children's System (ICS)
CYPS Options Funding
Children's Service Directory
Service Development Team - Contact Details
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There are a number of important changes to Common Assessment Framework / Single Agency Referral process in Trafford due to be launched on the 18th April 2011.
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Every Child Matters proposed the introduction of Integrated Working Processes as an important part of a strategy for helping children and young people to achieve the five priority outcomes of:
- Being healthy
- Staying safe
- Enjoying and achieving
- Making a positive contribution
- Economic wellbeing
Integrated working focuses on enabling and encouraging professionals to work together effectively to deliver frontline services.
