Monday 6th February
Undertaking Initial and Core Assessments
Target Group
Social work staff with responsibility for completing initial and core assessments for children in need and/or children subject of a child protection plan.
Aim
To highlight the importance of the Assessment Framework for Children in systematically gathering and analysing information in order to describe a child's needs and develop an effective plan.
Outcomes
By the end of the course, participants will have been given the opportunity to:
- Understand the role that the National Assessment Framework plays in the assessment of children's needs
- Develop skills for working with children, families and other professionals to gather appropriate information using the frameworks three domains
- Develop the capacity to use professional judgement in analysing the information gathered in order to reach decision that are defensible
- Consider how to select and use appropriate tools with a view to assisting the analysis of information
- Build on strengths to develop and review effective outcome focused plans for children
- Consider the value of effective and purposeful records
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