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Thursday 15 November 2012

Supporting Families together with Other Agencies/Organisations


On the CYPP website you will find the following information about how multi-agency integrated working is being developed in the county.  You will find that there are video links on the page which helps to explain the process; there is one aimed at families and one for practitioners.


Please have a look at the video to find out more.  Make sure you book your staff and/or volunteers onto the related training.

JAFF (Joint Assessment Family Framework)



Welsh Government’s Families First programme promotes that clear systems for multi-agency support, with an emphasis on prevention and early intervention are put in place. The Joint Assessment Family Framework (JAFF) which includes a ‘Team Around the Family’ model of working is named in the Families First guidance as the backbone of this integrated working.

In Powys the JAFF consists of three processes.  

¨      The Common Assessment Framework (CAF) form is the access or referral form completed by a practitioner with a parent/carer and the child, or young person.

¨      The CAF goes to a multi-agency panel (The Local Resource Solution Panel) for discussion and solutions are agreed as part of a plan for the family.

¨      A ‘Team Around the Family’ (or ‘Team Around the Young Person’ if they do not have family) meeting is then arranged involving those directly working with the child/young person/family to review, monitor and add to this plan.  

JAFF Film


Watch this film for children, young people and families to find out how JAFF can help you and your family and hear how it has supported others.



Watch this film for practitioners to find out more about JAFF and how it works in Powys.




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