Parental Engagement & Holistic Assessment Skills

These sessions are for all practitioners who work with children and young people.

In response to feedback, the Common Assessment Framework Team commissioned further supportive dedicated training on Skills and Techniques for engaging with families, identifying additional needs, drawing conclusions and drawing up effective action plans – always with the ultimate aim of achieving improved outcomes for the child or young person.
 

Initial Engagement with Families
· dissolving resistances to initial information gathering
· developing a strong relationship with the family which enables a partnership approach
· together identifying target areas for change

Holistic Assessment and Action Planning
· drawing conclusions from information gathered
· ensuring that action plans are measurable and effectively translated from the assessment
· involving and empowering the child, young person and/or family by identifying their own specific contribution to a solution focussed action plan
 

Bookings can be made via - www.merton.gov.uk/caf-training