Information Sharing and Assessment

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Common Assessment Framework
The Common Assessment Framework (CAF) is an integral part of Integrated Children’s Services, providing a universal assessment tool for all agencies to use.

Joint Information Management Group
This group brings together information officers from the key agencies and is looking at how the major information systems (Education, Social Care, Children’s Health) can be developed in a synchronised way that will permit greater information exchange.  It will take responsibility for developing the information management aspects of the common assessment framework.

www.services4notts.org.uk - Directory of Services
The Directory of Services is a statutory part of the ISA agenda. Services4notts, the Directory of Services for Children & Young People in Nottingham & Nottinghamshire has been jointly developed by Nottingham City and Nottingham County Councils. For more information, please visit www.services4notts.org.uk

For more information about Information Sharing and Assessment, visit the ISA section of the DfES website.

Information Sharing e-learning presentation for practitioners

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Practitioners need to work together to give the most effective support to children and young people. In order to do this they must share information. Unfortunately, there are no hard and fast rules about when and what to share. There are principles and good practice, but there are no simple answers in all circumstances. It is all about judgement and balancing responsibilities.

This interactive PowerPoint package aims to refresh practitioners’ understanding of information sharing issues and help them make appropriate decisions on disclosures of personal information. It draws its content from a number of sources including the DCSF's 'Information Sharing: Practitioners’ Guidance (2006)' and covers topics including the legal background to information sharing, the key principles and the main issues involved.  

Whilst it is primarily aimed at practitioners working directly with children, young people or families, other workers will find elements of the presentation useful in clarifying the issues around information sharing.

For more information on this item please contact Jeremy Lyn-Cook, Policy Officer, Performance & Policy, Children’s Services, Nottingham City Council, Sandfield Centre

Direct Line: (0115) 9150640  |  jeremy.lyncook@nottinghamcity.gov.uk