Welcome to Somerset's Information Sharing Programme website
If you work with children and young people this website is for YOU. Sharing information through the Common Assessment Framework (CAF), Lead Professional and ContactPoint (the planned national information sharing index) is central to improving outcomes for children and young people in Somerset. These information sharing tools are national initiatives and will be rolled out to schools, local service teams and a wide range of agencies during 2009 and 2010.
Information sharing tools will better enable agencies and professionals to provide joined-up services for children. The rollout is being managed locally under Somerset’s Information Sharing Programme, which supports the Government’s Every Child Matters: Change for Children programme. For further information on these national initiatives see www.everychildmatters.gov.uk
This website contains a practitioner’s toolkit and is supported by the CAF Coordinator – a ‘helpdesk’ for support and advice at a local level. Contact your CAF Coordinator on 01823 410180, email: CAFCoordinator@somerset.gov.uk
To contact the Somerset ContactPoint Management Team, call Peter Coysh on 01823 410164 email PCoysh@somerset.gov.uk
