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“Bridging the Gap” – Coordinating CAF until national eCAF

“Bridging the Gap” – Coordinating CAF until national eCAF. Margaret Cole. Impact of National Announcement 25 th July 2007.

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“Bridging the Gap” – Coordinating CAF until national eCAF

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  1. “Bridging the Gap” – Coordinating CAF until national eCAF Margaret Cole

  2. Impact of National Announcement 25th July 2007 announcing the support that “the Government will provide to front-line professionals in children's services by implementing a single national IT system to support the Common Assessment Framework (eCAF)” (Hansard) • Suspended our local eCAF system procurement • Decision taken by Leicester City, Leicestershire & Rutland NOT to go ahead with a local eCAF system • What do we do in the meantime to help practitioners to implement CAF?

  3. CAF local eCAF national eCAF Confused? We have just said that there isn’t going to be a local eCAF? X - a single local eCAF computer system installed and implemented across the three authorities for everyone to use Y - electronic means of recording the CAF assessment and sending it where it needs to go- worked out at a local level depending on what is already in place and what the practitioners want

  4. WHY NOT JUST WAIT NOW FOR NATIONAL eCAF? • There is no timetable yet available for national eCAF so the interim period could be a number of years • “All local authority areas are expected to implement the CAF, along with the lead professional role and information sharing, between April 2006 and March 2008”(DCSF) • Inconvenience of the manual processes around the CAF form for the practitioners • Risks of a purely paperbased system • If we’ve got technology why don’t we use it (if it will make life easier, improve monitoring and control and therefore IMPROVE OUTCOMES! )

  5. Local eCAF e – electronic • Data capture using the WORD version of the CAF form • Communication of the form using secure means (eg secure email, AVCO encryption tools) • Storage of the CAF data on the Bridges Access database for monitoring & coordination • Analysis of the CAF data on the Bridges Access database for statistical purposes & future service commission • Flag on local Case Management Systems to show that the child has a CAF

  6. Whenis this going to happen? • CAF is being implemented NOW • WORD version of the CAF form is available NOW (by download from Bridges website) • BRIDGES ACCESS database is already in use • A revised version of the WORD form (version 2) will be available in the New Year • Planning & Testing secure communications links has started • In 2008 the rollout of CAF will include instructions on how and when to work electronically in their locality

  7. Any questions?

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