CAF Questions
Dear Derbyshire County Council,
1. Who is the Head of Children’s Services, and what are their contact details?
2. Who is responsible for Common Assessment and Early Intervention Processes within the local authority and what are their contact details?
3. Do you currently have an electronic system for Common Assessment and Early Intervention recording and Management?
4. If so what system do you use?
Yours faithfully,
Sarah Jones
Dear Sarah,
Thank you for contacting Derbyshire County Council. I have forwarded your
request to our Freedom of Information department who will reply to you
directly.
Kind regards
Tara
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Dear Ms Jones
I refer to your request for information received on the 5 October 2012.
We will be dealing with your request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000. In accordance with the legislation, the deadline for responding is
20 working days from receipt of the request, this being the 5^th November
2012. However, we shall endeavour to deal with your request promptly, and
if possible before this date.
Yours sincerely
John McElvaney
Director of Legal Services
Derbyshire County Council
Dear Ms Jones,
Thank you for your information request dated 5^th October 2012. Your
request has been dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information
Act 2000.
Please find responses to your questions below:
1. Who is the Head of Children’s Services, and what are their contact
details?
Ian Thomas
Strategic Director
Children and Younger Adults Department
[1][email address]
2. Who is responsible for Common Assessment and Early Intervention
Processes within the local authority and what are their contact details?
Mel Meggs
Assistant Director (Universal and Targeted Services).
Children & Younger Adults Dept
[2][email address]
3. Do you currently have an electronic system for Common Assessment and
Early Intervention recording and Management?
Yes
4. If so what system do you use?
Derbyshire County Council uses a Microsoft Access Database for recording
all CAF’s.
For recording casework and management the systems used by workers in
universal and targeted services are – Tribal, Synergy Connect, Youthbase,
Framework I, Profile/TrackRecord, and MATRES (developed in house).
I hope this now deals with your request for information. However should
you wish the outcome to be reviewed, please follow the procedure as set
out below;
Stage 1:
In the first instance, please send in your comments, and wherever
possible, a copy of your request and the covering letter enclosing the
information or refusing your request to:
Lucie Evans
Solicitor
Legal Services Division
Derbyshire County Council
County Hall
Matlock
DE4 3AG
Email: [3][email address]
Please ensure that correspondence is marked as “Request for a review of my
Freedom of Information Act / Environmental Information Regulations
request”, and bears any case references you have been given.
Stage 2:
After completing the above procedure, if you wish to challenge the
decision further, then you have a right to contact the Information
Commissioner’s Office as follows:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Tel. 0303 123 1113/ Fax: 01625 524510
ICO Weblink: [4]http://www.ico.gov.uk/complaints.aspx
Yours sincerely
Tom Mainprize
Business Services Assistant
CAYA Information, Research & Analysis
01629 536751
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