Integrated processes
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New common initial assessment to reduce duplication and improve referrals
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Better information sharing between professionals
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Local processes and procedures re-engineered to support integration around the needs of children
The delivery of integrated frontline services to improve outcomes for children and young people will need to be supported by more integrated processes which drive multi-agency working. The development of children's trusts will involve integrated processes, centrally driven by government, such as:
- A Common Assessment Framework: a national, common process for initial assessment to identify more accurately and efficiently the additional needs of children and young people at risk of poor outcomes, which will reduce duplication of assessment, produce a shared language across agencies and improve referral between agencies
- Better information sharing between professionals: development of national standards for information sharing across local children's services, clear guidance for practitioners covering health, education, social care and youth offending, and creation of database/index systems to facilitate information sharing
The development of children's trusts will involve re-engineering existing local processes and procedures to support rather than distort joint working and integrated delivery of services.
This page was last updated on 03 May 2005
