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Workshop 6
Service Allocation Meetings
in practice
Debbie Leadbetter
CAF Manager
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Development
• CAF was introduced across Warrington through pilots at various locations
• Secondary schools x 2• Primary school• Children’s Centre
• 3 of 4 pilot sites included a meeting where professionals could discuss assessments and seek advice from other professionals
• These ‘SAMs’ built on current good practice at the chosen secondary schools - MARD
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Pilot findings• Information shared without consent
• Few actions taken
• Poor attendance from partner services and reluctance to address the issues
• Professionals, particularly school staff, appreciated the chance to seek advice and guidance from other professionals
• Primary school without SAM pilot did less CAFs than other areas
• Unsure of process and support available from other services
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Service Allocation Meetings
• Introduced across all areas in 2006
• Designed to consider CAF assessments – ensures that consent is in place to share information
• Area managers from key agencies, including Social Care, Health, Integrated Youth Support Services, Inclusion and Children’s Centres attend
• There is one SAM in each area every 6 weeks
• CAF team administers and chairs each meeting
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Service Allocation Meetings
• Introductions
• CAF assessor to present assessment
• Other agencies to ask questions and suggest support options
• Actions agreed• CAF assessor or other professional to inform
family of outcome from meeting
• Review previous minutes / cases – tracking.
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Questions
Further information about SAMs can be found online at:
www.warrington.gov.uk/everychildmatters/caffsm/service_alloc_meetings