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Common Assessment Framework Early Years Training - Evening Session

Date: 5th February 2026

Time: 18:00pm - 19:30pm

Location: Microsoft Teams

Thurrock LSCP are pleased to offer an evening session for front line practitioners to attend FREE CAF Training. This session is aimed at childminders and nursery providers who struggle to attend during usual working hours as a result of the nature of their jobs. If you are not a childminder/nursery practitioner/early years provider and wish to attend the evening session, please contact ACrumpler@thurrock.gov.uk to ascertain if it is suitable to attend.

This course provides practitioners with the knowledge, skills and confidence to participate fully in assessment and referral processes using the Thurrock Signs of Safety Framework.

This course will enable you to understand:

• What a CAF pre-assessment checklist is and when to use it
• The key principles of and background to the CAF
• How to undertake a CAF following the Signs of Safety (SoS) practice model
• When and when not to undertake the CAF
• The main stages in completing a CAF
• Identifying what a good CAF assessment looks like
• How the CAF interfaces with other assessments
• How to use a CAF to inform a specialist assessment

This course is intended all children's workforce practitioners, i.e., all staff who work with children, young people and their families.

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