Common Assessment Framework (CAF)
What is it?
- a simple pre-assessment checklist to help practitioners identify children or young people who would benefit from a common assessment;
- a process for undertaking a common assessment, to help practitioners gather and understand information about the needs and strengths of the child - based on discussions with the child, their family and other practitioners as appropriate;
- a standard form to help practitioners record, and, where appropriate, share with others, the findings from the assessment in terms that are helpful in working with the family to find a response to unmet needs.
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Downloads
- Guide to CAF definitions (77KB - pdf help)
- CAF leaflet for children and young people (617KB - pdf help)
- CAF leaflet for parents (316KB - pdf help)
- Pre-assessment checklist (82KB Word File)
- Common Assessment Framework form (1MB - pdf help)
- Common Assessment Framework review form (253KB - pdf help)
Please note: if you wish to download the forms rather than open them, please right click on the links and select "Save target as..."
These Devon CAF and CAF review forms have been developed in a new electronic format. You will need to have Adobe reader 8.0 or higher to read and save these files to your computer. This is available as a free download from the Adobe website.
We welcome any comments about your experience using these forms, especially regarding font size and size of boxes - please email feedback or queries to julie.ford@devon.gov.uk.