Children in need
Children in need
Definition
The department of health, in their introductory text to their ‘Framework for the assessment of children in need and their families’, says that it aims towards “Securing the wellbeing of children by protecting them from all forms of harm and ensuring their development needs are responded to appropriately are primary aims of Government policy. A framework has been developed which provides a systematic way of analysing, understanding and recording what is happening to children and young people within their families and the wider context of the community in which they live”. A link to this framework is below.
Useful links
- Framework for the assessment of children in need and their families
- Ofsted report into ‘Children in need in childcare – a survey of good practice‘ (March 2010)
Association of Social Care Communicators 