Early Intervention and Prevention Services - Indicators of Concern and Guidance for Operational Processes and Assessment

The development of the Children’s Trust in Darlington has extended, enhanced and consolidated the arrangements for joint working across agencies and organisations.

A fundamental part of this development has been the introduction of the Common Assessment Framework (CAF). Three years on we now have an established process for the CAF with 669 practitioners trained across a wide range of settings.

We have taken this opportunity to review and consolidate thresholds of need that will help practitioners decide whether or not a child or young person and their family needs to access early intervention or specialist services. These threshold levels have been developed through joint working with Health, Early Intervention and Prevention, Social Care and Commissioning managers.

Indicators of Concern [PDF document]

If you have any queries regarding the document please contact Yvonne Coates on 01325 388437 or email: yvonne.coates@darlington.gov.uk