CAF CLUSTER TRAINING

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• CAF CLUSTER TRAINING
• REPORT 2008
• Lynne Charmer, Childrens Workforce Development
  Officer
• November 2008

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SCHOOLS CLUSTERS

• September
• 11th Hollingdean
• 15th Whitehawk
• 16th Preston
• 18th City Centre
• 19th Moulsecoomb

• October
• 6th Hangleton
• 13th Portslade
• 14th Patcham
• 17th Hove
• 21st Deans

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Benefits to VCS

• Networking with education staff
• Networking with other VCS agencies
• Introduction to the CAF process
• Raising awareness of services/specialisms
• Potential involvement in Extended Schools
  programmes
• Creation of Teams Around the Child

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Side Benefits to VCS

• Free Training
• Time- Release Funding up to 100
• Knowledge sharing
• Experience of cross-sector training
• Chance to have a voice in the monitoring and
  evaluation of the impact

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Figures

• 35 VCS organisations attended 9 of the available
  events
• 16 organisations completed the evaluation
• 11 organisations claimed the funding
• Total spend of 1,331

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EVALUATION

• REASONS FOR ATTENDING
• we work with many children from different
  backgrounds, and with different services
• to identify which families need a CAF
• our service is often the first point of contact
  for young people in need of assessment and
  referral to other services
• so I can support my staff better around the CAF
• I wished to know more about the integrated youth
  support agenda
• as a manager of a nursery I should know what it
  is
• we expect families to ask us about it
• to see how CAF lies with information-sharing
  protocols

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Evaluation

• What will be the impact of the training
• developed confidence competence, knowing when
  to initiate CAF, enhancing multi-agency working
• improved communication between us and statutory
  education staff
• ability to support the CAF process
  appropriately
• an understanding of how CAF is used for CYP
  before they reach my service
• will be able to advise and encourage parents to
  engage with CAF
• will seek cases where a CAF may help pull
  together services for a family
• a wider sense of the context in which we are
  working

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Expectations

• 9 of the organisations said Yes, the training
  lived up to expectations
• we feel better informed about the process
• it was well organised, very informative and
  understandable
• it was reassuring to see how far CAF has come
  from training I went on 2 years ago
• it was interesting and clearly challenged a few
  individuals
• it enabled us to run through case scenarios from
  a multi agency perspective and thus go through a
  CAF from start to finish
• it was clear and practical

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Expectations

• 7 organisations said No, or Unsure
• no prior information that this was aimed at
  schools my service is pre school. Focus /
  examples were on older children a bit
  misleading
• trainers implied under-5s training had already
  been rolled out in which case it had passed us
  by
• it felt very CYPT heavy. I was the only
  voluntary sector worker
• it seemed to pose more questions than it
  answered
• it was a shame more time was not spent on why
  this work is so important. The audience
  disengaged quickly
• it was disheartening to listen to negative
  comments about a very important piece of work,
  because people perceived it as yet more form
  filling

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Further Support / Training

• 8 organisations felt that No, they did not need
  further support
• I feel confident enough to contact the CAF
  office for support where appropriate
• I would attend further training if there are
  changes or developments

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Further Support / Training

• 7 organisations felt Yes, they need more
• telephone support is useful to answer queries
  on the job
• it would be useful to look at services for older
  young people and how this will fit with CAFs
  completed whilst at school
• we would like to be kept posted as developments
  progress
• twilight and e-learning
• would be great to have a training pack to use,
  to roll out to our staff team
• we need clarity of up to date info relevant to
  the under-5s
• I believe we will all be needing continued
  support and tutelage if the CAF is to be
  implemented properly
• yes too many questions for one days training

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Value of Cross-sector Training
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Value of Cluster-based Training
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Cluster Training Values
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Multi-Agency Relationships
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CVS Promotion
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Shared Anxieties
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CVSF Recommendations

• Ongoing training opportunities
• Support/ forums to develop Cluster Teams
• Clarity of Lead Professional
• Opportunities for city-wide developments
• Training pack to cascade to other staff
• Under 5s info
• Post-CAF to inform Youth Work

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SUMMARY

• The experience of CVSF members was on the whole
  very positive 100 of those monitored expressed
  an interest in further cluster-based events
• It was strongly felt that MORE TIME was needed to
  fully address any related issues and concerns to
  fully engage with the CAF process in training,
  support or forums