Assessment tools/frameworks

I am looking to develop a specific assessment tool for my organisation (covering children, special needs and sensory impairment).

Does anyone have any assessment tools which they'd be willing to share?

This was posted on another string "Assessment tools" and reads.... Hi. Just to let you know that in the Wales Social Care Accolades 2011 in late June, Gwynedd Council were awarded for developing an integrated model for assessing risk of significant harm. They've developed tools to assess risk but link to a suite/ library of tools organised across domains of AF and assessment themes (e.g neglect, change). I think the idea is that you seek and find what you want from the library to get into some detail in your assessment. I think this has been implemented in Liverpool, Manchester, Cheshire and seems to be gaining momentum in authorities. I found some info on www.bruce-thornton.info that may give you an idea. It has some handouts about it. My thought is that all of this has to be easy to navigate, is proportionate to your needs. I like the idea that they are trying to get some clarity on the threshold of significant harm, which if we were all honest is the really difficult part of our decision making that people are often nervous in admitting that we struggle to understand. This is never going to disappear unless the Children Act and s47 is changed. So, we're beyond ICS, in some wilderness not sure what the future will look like after Munro, when there is unlikely to be resources for the changes proposed. The website invites enquiries. May be worth checking directly or if you're working in an Authority whether they are aware of this new work. Not sure if you get access to the material directly, or if this is available to Authorities as part of training etc. I'd imagine that the area of assessment is more complex than forms (ICS taught us that !) so I'd imagine that there would be a training and development need for staff. If anyone gets anywhere with this, keep us posted. ... hope it helps

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