Three streams of evidence and experience have recently converged to stimulate public and private funders’ interest in sustainable collaborations that support health care, public health, social ...

The Common Assessment Framework (CAF) needs to be scrapped according to a director of children's services. ... The Common Assessment Framework (CAF) needs to be scrapped according to a director of ...

Jan Horwath is a senior lecturer at the University of Sheffield. Her research interests include assessments, child neglect and child welfare systems. Co-authors - Helen Buckley is senior lecturer in ...

Professionals say new ways of assessing children's needs have increased their workload. More than two-thirds of practitioners in the 12 local authoritiestesting out the Common Assessment Framework and ...

Some local authorities will be given extra money to develop computer systems for the Common Assessment Framework. The Department for Education and Skills has set aside an unspecifiedamount of money, ...