New poster and leaflet to help explain the CAF process and the role of the LP

We have produced a series of resources to help explain the Common Assessment Framework (CAF) process and the role of the lead professional (LP) to children, young people and their families. 

The resources have been developed with groups of young people and aim to describe the process in a way that is easy to understand - they are available to all practitioners working with young people.  

There are three sets of resources available to help explain the CAF process:

• The first set of resources explains the CAF to children and includes a poster and leaflet plus accompanying guidance for practitioners using the resources.

Leaflet - explaining CAF and LP to children [PDF - 1.7 Mb]
Poster - explaining CAF and LP to children [PDF - 793 Kb]
Factsheet - How to use the poster and leaflet [PDF - 1.1 Mb]

•  The second leaflet explains the CAF process to young people who are deemed able to give their own consent.

Leaflet - explaining consent to young people [PDF - 521.2 KB]

• The third takes parents and carers through the process their family will travel.

Leaflet - explaining CAF to parents and carers [PDF - 659.9 KB]

All the resources have full approval from the information commissioners office (ICO), who are pleased that practitioners can use them to talk through consent and information sharing with those beginning the CAF process.