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United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

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United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

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Framework for assessment of children and families – 2000

The Framework for the assessment of children in need and their families has been developed to provide a structured way of analysing, understanding and recording what is happening to children within their family's environment. Judgements can then be made when professionals get a clear understanding of all the different complex issues between families and children and then the correct action can be taken. The Assessment Framework that they follow was put together with the Department of Health, Department for Education and Employment and Home Office.

The judgements that are made when assessing the children and families include:

If the child that they are assessing needs help.

If the child is suffering or is likely to suffer in the near future

What actions must be taken to support the child

Which services would best to help the family and the child

There are principles put in place that they have to follow which are:

Child centred approach

Ensuring equality of opportunity

Involving working with children and families

Building on strengths as well as identifying difficulties

Carrying out assessments in parallel with other action and providing services

The way that this links to looking after children is that its linked to the assessments of the child and the family. For example, this is the step that would follow prior the child being taken into care or being put back with the families.