Main heading

• Children Act 2004
• DfES Every Child Matters site
• Every Child Matters Fact Sheets
• Information Sharing 2006 Guidance
• ContactPoint  
• www.help4me.info  - Service Directory

The DCSF site Every Child Matters explains how ContactPoint and the Common Assessment Framework are key components of the Children Act 2004.

A Common Assessment Framework (CAF) helps service providers to gather and understand information about the needs and strengths of a child or young person - based on discussions with the child, their family and other practitioners who are working with them.
The CAF aims to identify additional needs which are not being met and to provide timely and co-ordinated support to meet those needs.

ContactPoint will be the quick way to find out who else is working with the child or young person, making it easier to deliver more co-ordinated support

ContactPoint and Common Assessment Framework Project - Jean Smith 01244 973767
Email: jean.r.smith@cheshire.gov.uk

Linked Initiatives

Social Care and Health - Child Protection has information on how to identify and deal with child abuse, along with details of child protection conferences, a manual of procedures and information for families and professionals.

Cheshire's Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB) is the key statutory mechanism for agreeing how the relevant organisations in each local area will cooperate to safeguard and promote the welfare of children in Cheshire and for ensuring the effectiveness of what they do.