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Early Help and CAF

Course Overview

Format

Intermediate
2-3 Study Hours
Online Study
Self-Printed Certificate

Accreditation

4 CPD Points
CPD Certified

Course description

The course includes challenges to test the learner’s ongoing knowledge, videos and interactivity to retain interest, examples of early help in schools and colleges, downloads of relevant reading and reports including the Victoria Climbié inquiry, and full details about using the CAF form.

Early help or early intervention involves supporting families when a problem first occurs and can be utilised at any point in a child or young persons life.

Early help can have massively positive impacts on a childs future development and is therefore crucial that anyone working with children, young people or their families understands the importance of early help.

This wide-ranging CAF safeguarding course is designed to help all those working with children, adults and families who could benefit from Early Help.

It covers information sharing and its ramifications, the definition of early help and how to access it, and is suitable for social workers, youth and family workers, teachers, and anyone working with possibly vulnerable children, young people, adults and families.

Topics covered in this CAT training course include:

The definition and importance of information sharing, when it is necessary and appropriate
Types of information
Confidentiality, information security and GDPR
What can be achieved by information sharing
The difference between sharing information about children and about adults and the specific needs of children
The definition of ‘early help’ dentifying who might need it, and what assessment involves
When a how a child, young person, adult or family might be vulnerable
The Toxic Trio
Definition, background and purpose of the Common Assessment Framework (CAF)
How to use the CAF in practice, including the CAF form
Legislation covering all the above
Numbers and statistics as relevant

This CAF online training course includes challenges to test the learner’s ongoing knowledge, videos and interactivity to retain interest, examples of early help in schools and colleges, downloads of relevant reading and reports including the Victoria Climbieé inquiry, and full details about using the CAF form.

You will learn

Why information sharing is important; what can be shared, what should be shared, and how to do this correctly

The legal framework of information sharing, including consent and agreements

Recognise the principles and rules, such as the Caldicott Principles

Understand what is meant by ‘early help’, who might need early help, what type of help is available, and who provides it

Know who to contact if a child or young person causes concern

Recognise the range of vulnerabilities experienced by children, young people, adults and families, explain the factors making people vulnerable, their implications and their risks

Understand and describe the professional responses to people who are vulnerable

Understand the Common Assessment Framework and recognise the areas it covers, and how it is used in practice

Who is it for?

Roles including:

Teachers

Teaching assistant

Social Workers

Council Workers

Youth and Family Workers

Anyone working with possibly vulnerable children, young people, adults and families

Legislation

Legislation covered in this course includes:

The Care Act 2014

How the online courses work

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If you are not 100% satisfied with your course then we offer a 30-day, no hassle money-back guarantee. To request a refund, you should email our learner support team with your receipt stating why you would like to be reimbursed. You, or your learners, must not have completed the training in order to make a valid refund claim. Any claim made after the training has been completed will be invalidated.
Take the course

This online course consists of a series of pages in which an instructor will talk learners through the lesson material. Pages may include supporting pictures, graphs, animation or extra sounds to help with the learning where appropriate. Some lessons will include challenges/quizzes to help learners stay engaged and interested in the material. Lessons can be taken in any order and each lesson may be paused and resumed at any stage.
The course is self-paced so learners decide how fast or slow the training goes. There is no deadline for completion but some of our courses have a test at the end to check that learners have understood the material. If the course has a test at the end then learners are required to achieve a 75% pass mark to successfully complete the course. Once learners have passed the test they are awarded a certificate, which can either be downloaded digitally or sent as a physical copy if this option was chosen when purchasing the course.
Your Certificate

Upon completion of any of our courses, learners will be able to download a digital certificate from Virtual College and will include the accrediting bodies logo where applicable.
If you have bought the posted certificate option (available on select courses), a high quality, seal embossed, certificate will be sent out at the beginning of the following working week.