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Child and Family Training
with others were commissioned by the Department of Health, to develop
training materials to support professionals to use a range of standardised
assessment tools when making assessments using the National Assessment
Framework. These include initial, core and specialist assessments
with children in need and their families and also when there are safeguarding
concerns.
The Lifespan Research Group at Royal Holloway, University
of London, developed the Attachment Style Interview and work
in partnership with Child and Family Training to train practitioners in
the use of the measure in both adoption and fostering and child care contexts.
The assessment tools are recommended
in a range of DCSF guidance
and procedures linked to the Assessment Framework including:
- Initial and Core Assessments
- Working Together 2006
- The Integrated Children’s System
- Looked After Children Records
- Every Child Matters
- Safeguarding Children materials
- Practice Guidance on Assessing Adopters and on
Assessing Support Needs of Adoptive Families
The assessment tools can
be used for a wide range of purposes including:
- Making evidence-based assessments of children’s
needs
- Assessing the quality of parenting
- Assessing family life and relationships and a range
of environmental factors
- Preparing systematic, evidence-based assessments
for court compliant with the Public Law Outline
- Exploring children’s experiences at home, at
school and elsewhere
- Analysis and planning effective outcome-focused interventions
and support and assessing change
- Assessing the level or risk of significant harm and
the possibility of rehabilitation when there are safeguarding issues
- Planning for permanency
- Assessing prospective adoptive parents and foster
carers to ascertain their support needs
Training in Scotland is tailored
to link in with the Getting it right for every
child guidance and in Ireland with the Framework for the Assessment
of
Vulnerable Children & their Families.
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