Lead Professional
New Lead Professional only sessions are now available at the Connexions Centre, Star House at 9.30-12.30 on Thurs 21st Sept and Thursday 28th September. If you are interested please call the SafetyNET Office on 273 5029 or 273 6646.
N.B. These sessions are strictly for those people who have previously completed CAF training as a separate course. |
The government vision for the Lead Professional is to:
• Act as a single point of contact that children, young people and families can trust
• Ensure that children and families get appropriate interventions when needed,
which are well planned, regularly reviewed and effectively delivered
• Reduce overlap and inconsistency from other practitioners.
There are no hard and fast rules about who should have a Lead Professional and
there will be a degree of discretion locally and within individual agencies. It is
intended, however, that there will be a key target group of children who will have a
Lead Professional. This will include children who:
• Have multiple input from professionals already
• Have complex needs and a number of practitioners will need to be involved
• Have received an assessment suggesting that a coordinated response is
required.
Many practitioners already effectively act as a Lead Professional but with a variety of
different titles such as key worker or named practitioner. We would want this to
continue where it is effective and to merely seek over a period of time to harmonise
formats and procedures. Where the role of Lead Professional is new, appropriate
training will be provided as part of the multi-agency programme.
It will be a matter for individual agencies to decide which of their staff can take on the
role but, in some settings, there will be an expectation of full participation. This will
include the Service Districts and children’s centres, as well as other multi-agency
settings.
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