Lead Professional Pack
Lead
Professional
And CAF Welcome
Pack
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Lead Professional Pack
Lead Professional Welcome Pack
Page
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Lead Professional
Tick Chart
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Team Around the Family (TAF) Meeting Agenda
Simplified Agenda
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
Child / Young Person CAF/Self Evaluation
This is a tool for the Child / Young person to engage in the process and puts
across their views and perspectives. This can be used as an impact
assessment to see if changes have taken place for the child/young person
throughout the interventions. This will also support completing the Distance
Travelled Tool with the parents as it will provide the child’s perspective.
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and 6
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Child / Young person TAF Plan- My TAF
This is the child / young person’s actions written in a child friendly way for their
own beneficial record. Expressing the views, aims and outcomes of the
meeting.
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Distance Travelled Tool and Flash Cards
This is the tool that is used along side the TAF meetings in order to evidence
impact of multi agency working in meeting the additional needs of children and
families. The questionnaire works in conjunction with the flashcards attached to
the LP Pack.
Pg 8
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Pg 9-13
Team Around The Family (TAF) Contract
This is the paper work for the Team Around the Family (TAF) Meeting. It
supports and identifies the action plan for the child / young person and their
family. The responsibility of taking the meeting minutes should be given to a
member of the TAF meeting and should not be the Chair (Lead Professional).
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TAF Experience Questionnaire 1 and 2
These are questionnaires aimed at the child / young person about their own
personal experience of the TAF process. This is essential in informing the Lead
Professional of the child’s / young persons views and keeps their ‘voice heard’
and enables them to participate in TAF meetings.
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and 15
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Lead Professional Tick Chart
This check list and associated tools have been developed in order to support you in the role as CAF
author and potential lead professional. If you do complete the CAF but are not continuing the role of
lead professional please pass this list to the Lead Professional.
There are a variety of tools available on the internet to support you: http://www.wirral.gov.uk/myservices/childrens-services/about-childrens-services/family-common-assessment-framework
Task
Tick
Comments
Complete CAF
Send a copy of the completed Family CAF Back
to the Gateway
gateway@wirral.gcsx.gov.uk
Complete initial distance travelled measure and
email to vickypalmer@wirral.gov.uk
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Organise first TAF Meeting if conclusion of
assessment is that TAF is required or if the
family only require a single agency service
complete this form and return it to the Gateway.
gateway@wirral.gcsx.gov.uk
GR6 single to multi
agency multi to single agency notification form.doc
1st TAF
email Gateway Date of 1st TAF and all
subsequent dates
gateway@wirral.gcsx.gov.uk
Take Agenda and Family Contract to TAF
Meeting and request a minute taker- Tools are
available on http://www.wirral.gov.uk/myservices/childrens-services/about-childrensservices/family-common-assessment-framework
Complete final distance travelled measure and
email to distancetravelled@wirral.gov.uk
Complete closure form and send to Gateway
GR7 Closure
notification.doc
gateway@wirral.gcsx.gov.uk
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2nd TAF
3rd TAF
4th TAF
Closed
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Team around the Family Meeting
AGENDA
1. Welcome, Chairs opening
statement, Introductions and
Apologies
2. Agree Ground Rules
3. Chair outlines the structure of
the meeting
4. Discussion of
CAF/Previous Minutes
5. Plan – who will do
what and when
(including family
members)
6. Select/Confirm Lead Professional
7. Set review date, time and place
8. Circulate Plan to all at meeting
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Distance Travelled Tool
The journey of the child and whether or not our services support the family is
critical. This is now monitored corporately by using the Distance Travelled
Tool to assess impact. As each new case is identified and the Family CAF is
sent out the expectation is that the lead professional will carry out the
Distance Travelled Tool as part of the role.
In your capacity as a lead professional (LP) you are required to complete the
Distance Travelled Tool. This takes place when you first start working with
your families in TAF that you are LP for. All you have to do is sit down with
the family at the start of the intervention and complete the questionnaire
based on the needs as a family as a whole. If there are more than one child
who the family are struggling with and require additional support you might
want to carry out separate Distant Travelled Tools. Give the young person or
parents, carers or guardian the flashcards (prompt cards) and ask the 20
questions. Place the score in the box which best describes the negative effect
each factor is having on them. Then add up the total of each column and
enter the results on the bottom of the page.
Please send the completed form based on the first and final meeting with the
family to vickypalmer@wirral.gov.uk
If you are unsure as to how to use the DTT please contact Vicky Palmer on
the e mail above or alternatively phone 0151 666 4326.
Please click on the links below
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Family Contract
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Family Name:
Unique Family Number
(For Office Use Only):
Start Date:
Key Worker:
The priorities detailed in the action plans have been agreed by the following
professionals and family members who undertake to work together to achieve
the identified outcomes:
Professionals
Name:
Job Title:
Organisation:
Family Members
Name:
Signature:
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Signature
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Team Around the Family Meeting
(The purpose of this meeting is to agree what needs to be done,
and to review progress)
Meeting Details
Date:
Time:
Location:
Present at Meeting:
Name:
Role:
Contact Number:
Who has provided information for the meeting but is not present:
Name:
Role:
Who else was invited but has sent apologies:
Name:
Role:
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*To format the progress cell in order to use a RAG system: 1) Right click on cell, 2) select Borders and Shading, 3)select the Shading tab, 4) select the colour, 5) select apply
to Cell from drop down list, OK.
Priority Outcome:
(priority outcomes must be taken from box 8 of the Child and family CAF)
Agreed
Methods to
What will be
Where will it
By whom?
tasks:
be used:
done?
take place?
Desired
changes:
Timescale:
Consequences:
Progress
(RAG)*
Summary of progress against priority outcome (to be completed at each Team Around the Child and Family Meeting)
Children and Young People’s Views
Parent/ Carer’s Views
Professional’s Views (please record any
disagreements)
Priority Achieved? y n
If NO please state Review Date:
Priority Outcome:
(priority outcomes must be taken from box 8 of the Child and family CAF)
Agreed
Methods to
What will be
Where will it Desired
By whom?
Timescale:
tasks:
be used:
done?
take place? changes:
Consequences:
Progress
(RAG)*
Summary of progress against priority outcome (to be completed at each Team Around the Child and Family Meeting)
Children and Young People’s Views
Parent/ Carer’s Views
Professional’s Views (please record any
disagreements)
Priority Achieved? y
n
If NO please state Review Date:
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Priority Outcome:
(priority outcomes must be taken from box 8 of the Child and family CAF)
Agreed
Methods to
What will be
Where will it
By whom?
tasks:
be used:
done?
take place?
Desired
changes:
Timescale:
Consequences:
Progress
(RAG)*
Summary of progress against priority outcome (to be completed at each Team Around the Child and Family Meeting)
Children and Young People’s Views
Parent/ Carer’s Views
Professional’s Views (please record any
disagreements)
Priority Achieved? y n
If NO please state Review Date:
Priority Outcome:
(priority outcomes must be taken from box 8 of the Child and family CAF)
Agreed
Methods to
What will be
Where will it Desired
By whom?
Timescale:
tasks:
be used:
done?
take place? changes:
Consequences:
Progress
(RAG)*
Summary of progress against priority outcome (to be completed at each Team Around the Child and Family Meeting)
Children and Young People’s Views
Priority Achieved? y
n
Parent/ Carer’s Views
Professional’s Views (please record any
disagreements)
If NO please state Review Date:
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Any additional factors which need to be considered.
Recommendations of the Team around the child and family
Recommendations of Locality Review
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Experience of TAF Questionnaire
We would like to know what you thought of the Team around the Family (TAF) meeting
that you went to
For each question please circle the answer that is closest to what you think
1. Did an adult tell you about the meeting and what was going to happen?
2. Were you able to talk at the TAF meeting about what you wanted?
3. If you didn’t want to speak were you able to tell an adult what you wanted to
say?
4. Is there anything we can do to make these meetings better for you? (If you
don’t want to write anything here perhaps you could draw a picture)
I am ______ years old.
I am a boy
girl
Thank You
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Your Team around the Family Meeting (TAF) Questionnaire
We would like to know what you thought of the Team around the Family (TAF) meeting that you went to.
Please could you fill in the below questionnaire?
For each question please circle the answer that is closest to what you think.
Age:
Gender:
Were you asked if you wanted a TAF meeting?
Yes
No
Did you know why a TAF meeting was held?
Yes
No
Did you feel able to speak in the TAF meeting?
Yes
No
Did you feel listened to by others who were there?
Yes
No
If you didn’t speak were you able to tell an adult
what you wanted to be said?
Yes
No
Were you happy with your lead professional?
Yes
No
Were you happy with what you were asked to do
on your TAF plan?
Yes
No
Were you happy with what other people were asked
to do on your TAF plan?
Yes
No
Is there anything we can do to make the TAF meeting better in the future?
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