Children's & Young People's Services
Improved Information Sharing and Management (IISaM)
Introduction
Information sharing between agencies and the use of the Common
Assessment Framework are key to ensuring that all children and young people have their needs
met at the earliest opportunity.
Bexley Children and Young People’s Trust has agreed an  Information
Sharing Protocol (865KB, PDF file) and
an Information
Sharing Policy (830KB, PDF file) to which all of
its members will work.
This page takes practitioners through the common
assessment process and helps them to plan related activity. It also provides
updates, advice and guidance on sharing information about children and young
people and brings you up to date with the latest developments in this field.
There are three other documents relating to information sharing that are relevant
to professionals working for the London Borough of Bexley:
It is likely that our partner organisations will have their own versions of
these policies.
The Bexley
Common Assessment Framework
The "Every Child Matters" agenda requires agencies to work together
in a far more integrated way to improve outcomes for children and young people.
Part of this agenda includes the introduction of the Common
Assessment Framework (CAF) and Lead Professional role, and the production
of a Bexley Directory of Services for Children and
Families.
 Common
Assessment: Information for Parents and Carers (1.00MB, PDF file)
Toolkit and Guidance for CAF in Bexley
These local documents give practitioners the tools to complete Common Assessments in Bexley, and provides links to supporting guidance:
All documents should not take more than three minutes to download over a normal modem connection.
CAF
Practitioners & Managers Guidance v1 May 2006 (115KB, PDF document)
CAF
Cross Agency Procedure v1 May 2006 (96KB, PDF document)
 CAF1 Form: Pre-Assessment Checklist (74KB, Word document)
CAF2
Form: Assessment (128KB, Word document) and Example
Questions for Common Assessment (73KB, PDF document)
CAF3: Flowchart (24KB, Word document)
CAF4 Form: Record of Initial Support Meeting and Support Plan (19KB, Word document)
CAF5 Form: Record of Review Support Meeting and Progress on Support Plan (19KB, Word document)
CAF 6: Feedback Form (21KB, Word document)
The following document
may also be helpful for practitioners:
A Common Assessment Framework - Practitioners Update February 2006 (224KB)
This lets practitioners know:
- what we are doing to implement these initiatives in Bexley, and
- what training events and mediums will be available to all practitioners
either working with children and families or coming into contact with them. This
therefore includes a wide range of practitioners e.g. District Nurses, Community
Psychiatric Nurses, Librarians, GPs etc.
Common Assessment Framework (CAF) in Practice - produced by the DCSF (formerly
DfES) (191KB, PDF file)
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Updates
March 2008
At their meeting in March, 2008, the Children’s Trust Board agreed an
Information Sharing Protocol and an Information Sharing Policy:
December 2007
On 6 December 2007, the DCSF confirmed the launch of a new programme, Improving Information Sharing and Management (IISaM) Programme (formerly known as Information Sharing) to oversee information sharing policy, ContactPoint, the electronic enablement of the Common Assessment Framework (eCAF), the Integrated Children's System (ICS) and the Connexions Client Caseload Information System.
Regular IISaM Updates will replace the ISA updates on this page. However, Back issues of the ISA Update, from which IISaM Update has developed, are available from  www.ecm.gov.uk/integratedworking/update.
(All documents are PDFs - see our Help page for more information. They should not take more than three minutes to download over a normal modem connection.)
Other Advice and Guidance
(All documents are PDFs - see our Help page for more information. They should not take more than three minutes to download over a normal modem connection.)
July 2006
How to run effective multi-agency CAF meetings (64KB)
January 2006
Local
Safeguarding Children Boards (157KB)
December 2005
Information Sharing Index Policy Statement (24KB)
All Directors of Children's Services in England Letter (89KB)
Information Sharing Index Fact Sheet (31KB)
November 2005
Children Missing Education Progress Checklist: Self Evaluation (25KB)
Identifying and Maintaining Contact with Children Missing from Education (122KB)
Children Missing Education (CME) Relevant Legislation and Guidance (14KB)
Implementing Electronic government Return 2005 (IEG5) (139KB)
Information
Sharing Guidance (30KB)
LA Consultation Questions (15KB)
Competences for Data & Information Professionals (480KB)
October 2005
National Evaluation of Children's Trusts, pamphlet (84KB)
CAF: Raising Awareness Session, Presentation Slides (61KB)
CAF: Raising Awareness Session, Delivery Notes (134KB)
CAF: Training Pilot Observation and Evaluation Report, Sept '05 (161KB)
CAF: Summary of changes to training material from Pilot (May '05) to Rollout (Sept
'05) (23KB)
CAF: Training Delivery Guide, Sept '05 (86KB)
CAF: Training for Trainers, participant information (21KB)
September 2005
Every Child Matters: How ICS, CAF and the IS Index fit together (102KB)
August 2005
Article about Every Child Matters, from Teachers magazine (183KB)
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extract on joined-up working to reduce harm to children (292KB) |
