Manchester City Council have released the following update in March 2015 on the Manchester Common Assessment (MCAF) for Children and Young People:
‘Manchester common assessment framework (MCAF) is still a vital part of our early help offer to support children and families effectively.
Work is currently taking place to refresh the early help assessment tools that we will use in the future, but until this work is completed it is vital that the MCAF continues to be used.
Continuing to use the MCAF will ensure that children and young people in Manchester continue to get the early help they need.
Please continue to register your MCAF
Work is underway to look at how we record Early Help centrally, but until the changes are finalised and agreed, the current way of working is the only way we, as a partnership, can recognise and report on the early help work which is taking place across Manchester.
Having this central record of MCAFs supports people working with children and families. Remember to contact the Early Help team (0161 234 5969) if you want to:
• Check if an MCAF is already in place for a young person
• Understand who the lead professional is
Registering your MCAF – Keep us up to date, make it confidential
You only need to send us Section 1 of the MCAF to register it. But if there are any changes to the Lead Professional, or you close an MCAF then please send us Section 4.
MCAFs contain personal information about families and so you need to send these to us securely:
• Via the secure network used by local government, NHS, police (e.g. “nhs.net”): send emails to [email protected]
• Via fax on 0161 274 7082
• Contained in an email attachment using a strong password and Winzip software (and phoning the team on 0161 234 5969 with the password or you can email it separately)
• Register with Egress - Egress is a way of sending electronic information securely. By registering with Egress your email (and attachments) sent to the Early help Team will be automatically encrypted
The team can provide guidance on registering your MCAF securely on 0161 234 5969.
Support for completing your MCAF
Remember that the Early Help team are here to support you with MCAF. The team can help:
• Provide guidance on
• Signpost you to services that may be able to help
• Support you to overcome any obstacles you may face
Training for MCAF
Additional MCAF training courses will be arranged in April, May and June 2015. If you want to attend training, then please use the online form to let the Early Help team know (see www.manchester.gov.uk/MCAF - early help and MCAF training)
Contact the Early Help Team
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 0161 234 5969’
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