- An explanation of how agencies can work together to support families under the Welsh Government Team Around the Family or TAF.
- Downloadable Forms for the Child & Family Assessment, leaflets to explain to families the process and support available.
- Dates and information on training covering all aspects of TAF.
Team Around the Family (TAF)
Welsh Government’s Families First programme promotes clear systems for multi-agency support, with an emphasis on prevention and early intervention. The Team Around the Family (TAF) model of working is named in the Families First guidance as the backbone of this integrated working.
These are the kinds of things TAF could help with:
- Help with changing or managing challenging behaviour
- Parenting: routines; health; stimulation; boundaries etc.
- Help with stressful family relationships or friendships
- Activities to support a child’s development
- Listening to the child and help to find positive solutions to worries
- Access to sports, play and leisure
- Help with social isolation
- Help avoiding anti-social behaviour
- Support through times of change
- Improving a child’s self esteem
- Support to engage with school or training
In Powys the TAF process has four parts.
- The Child and Family Assessment (CAF) form is the access or referral form completed by a practitioner with a parent/carer and the child, or young person. This assessment includes the child and family strengths as well as any needs for support.
- The CAF goes to the TAF Co-ordination Team who look at the support required for the child and family. Via a triage process, the team proposes suitable interventions that can be offered to the family. Practitioners are identified who will act as the Family Contact and other members of the Team Around the Family. These are put to the family for approval.
- In more complex cases, where further input is required on what support would be suitable, a discussion is held by the TAF Panel. Suitable support and agencies for the Team Around the Family are identified at the local Panel meeting. The family has the opportunity to approve the suggestions and contribute their own by attending the TAF Panel, if they wish.
- 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 and an action plan is devised. Further meetings are held regularly to review, monitor and add to this plan.
For more information contact the TAF Co-ordination Team
Tel: 01597 826246 Email: caf.admin@powys.gov.uk
TAF Leaflet
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Watch a film for children, young people and families to find out how TAF can help you and your family and hear how it has supported others. CLICK HERE
CAF (Child and Family Assessment)
The CAF assessment is a common method for recognising the unmet needs of a child or young person as early as possible. It is about identifying and intervening earlier and preventing those needs from escalating.
The CAF is:
· An assessment of strengths and needs of child AND family.
· Used at tier 2 (targeted service level)
· Holistic, not specialist
· An assessment involving a conversation with the child and family
The CAF enables children and young people to receive:
· The universal services they are entitled to
· Any additional services they require at the earliest opportunity
· A picture of their needs which is built up over time
· Improved understanding by using a common language
· Improved co-ordination and consistency between assessments
All practitioners who work with children and their families need to be able to undertake a CAF, or know who can complete a CAF within their own organisation. A CAF is best undertaken by someone who already knows the child.
A CAF is completed when referral to one single agency is not able to meet all the needs of the child. As a rule of thumb, wherever more than two universal services (e.g. health and education), and one tier 2 service are working with the child, a CAF should be completed to help co-ordinate service delivery and ensure appropriate information is shared across agencies.
For more information contact the TAF Co-ordination Team
Tel: 01597 826246 Email: caf.admin@powys.gov.uk
Child and Family Assessment (CAF) Form
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CAF Word Document
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TAF Cards
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TAF Panel
The TAF panels can discuss children from pre-birth to age 25. They each hold a small budget and are chaired by local agency representatives. All agencies involved are of equal status, be they a large statutory, or a small voluntary organisation. The purpose of these panels are to discuss more complex cases and where there is a difficulty with the TAF process.
Core Membership
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
- Health Visitors and School Nurses
- Children’s Social Services
- Neighbourhood police officer
- Youth Service
- Education
- Youth Justice Service
- Leisure Services
- Housing Services
- Voluntary sector
Case Dependant
- School representative
- Careers Wales manager
- Adult Services Manager where there is cross-service working
- Probation
- School Early Years representative
For more information contact the TAF Co-ordination Team
Tel: 01597 826246 Email: caf.admin@powys.gov.uk
TAF Panel Dates and Venues 2015
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Personal Information Sharing Protocol
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TAF Meetings (Team Around the Family)
The TAF is a process for delivering integrated services for children and young people with additional needs at Tier 2.
The TAF process works with young people up to the age of 25. Not all young people have parents/carers who support them, so the process for them is called ‘Team Around the Young Person’ (TAYP).
At the TAF/ TAYP meeting the family/ Young Person and the TAF team will together agree a plan. The Family/ Young Person and TAF members will review the plan together at TAF review meetings until the Family/ Young Person are happy that they no longer need the support.
The TAF model means that everyone knows who is involved with the family, and it reduces overlap and inconsistency in the services received.
Family/ Young Person Contact.
The Family and Young Person will have a say about who will act as their Family or Young Person Contact. The Family/ Young Person Contact will be the main link for the family/ Young Person and the rest of your TAF and will chair TAF meetings.
For more information contact the TAF Co-ordination Team
Tel: 01597 826246 Email: caf.admin@powys.gov.uk
TAF Action Plan
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TAF Action Plan Word Document
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TAF Meeting LPs Opening Comments
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TAF Meeting Agenda
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Training
Team Around the Family (TAF) Training dates 2015-2016
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Chairing Meetings with Children, Young People and Families
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Family Contact FORA
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Local TAF Launch Events
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Toolkit
Young CAF Tool- Me and My World
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Teen CAF Tool- Me, Myself and I
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TAF Face Cards
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Wishes and Feelings
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TAF Questions
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Practitioner Prompt Questions
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Prompt Sheet for Parents with Children of Pre-school Age and Unborn
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Prompt Sheet for Parents of School Age Children
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Prompt Sheet for Young Person
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