CAF Half Day Lead Professional Training

This course remains a half-day course, starting at 1.30pm to finish at 4.30pm

To book a place, please select CAF Half Day Lead Professional Training from the CAF Training page. Most dates are now combined with the Half Day Multi-Agency Training as explained above. Many places are still available on 5 October 2009.

However, a few other dates have also been arranged separately.

Prior to attending either the CAF Half Day Multi-Agency training and the CAF Half Day Lead Professional Training, it is mandatory to complete the CAF Basic Awareness e-learning course and the CAF Lead Professional e-learning course. If not completed, this will affect your learning on the day.

It is also advisable to complete the Information Sharing e-learning course and the Integrated Working e-learning course.

These courses are intended to give all staff and partner agencies a good understanding of the CAF assessment, the role of a Lead Professional and Integrated working and are open to all Connexions Personal Advisers.

Bookings can be made on both the internal and external SCC websites.

How to book a place on the Multi-Agency Training for Users Course?

1. Click on the e-booking form links as above
2. Select a suitable date and venue, click on 2009 at the top. This will put the dates in order from January 2009. The form will display by clicking on the selected date.
3. Complete and submit the form. Please allow a few minutes for your form to go through the system.
4. Make sure you print a copy to keep a record of your booking with the reference number and details of the venue.
5. If you experience any difficulties with the system, please contact Françoise Noël, CAF Project Assistant for help on 020 8541 7108.

Please ensure a copy of your application form is sent to corinne.ford@surreycc.gov.uk

CAF training -Half day refresher course for users

This course has been designed for professionals who have received training eight to twelve months ago and for professionals who are already familiar with the ECM Agenda and the Assessment Framework

It is vital at this time for the CAF implementation across the County, which is gathering pace that all professionals are up to date and secure in their understanding of the CAF 5-Step process.

Attendance will give an opportunity to professionals to update their knowledge on current CAF processes and new arrangements to query if a CAF Assessment has already been undertaken on a child.

To book a place, complete the attached e-booking form online and keep a copy for your records once you have submitted it. Please ensure a copy of your application form is sent to   corinne.ford@surreycc.gov.uk

5. National Connexions Network E-News

Welcome to the National Connexions Network E-news: September 2009

6. Parent Know How

A £60 million programme from the Department for Children, Schools and Families, which seeks to transform the quality, choice, provision and awareness of parental information and support services, where needed, in order to help improve outcomes for children and young people. For more information visit http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/parentknowhow/

7. Latest Children, Schools & Families News Bulletin

Please follow the link to access this document: Bulletin

8. Reaching for Gold - Competition  

As you know there is a growing range of initiatives to support young people’s involvement in activities allied to London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.  One of these is an exciting competition called Reaching for Gold.  We need your help to promote the competition to 14-19 providers and to help identify potential teams of young people to apply – we want this to be a real success across the region.  But time is tight and applications need to be submitted via the Reaching for Gold website by 2^nd October 2009. www.reachingforgold.org.uk

Reaching for Gold challenges young people to design projects which will make a difference to their local communities and then helps them to develop these into commercially viable projects, supported by business people and /or experts from the voluntary and community sector.  The competition has been designed and supported by SEEDA and a number of blue chip companies, including BT; Cisco; Honda; Huawei; Intel; Legal & General; PricewaterhouseCoopers; Sony; and Toshiba. It is open to any team of up to 10 young people aged 14-19 – those at school, college, employed or involved with other forms of learning. Existing ideas developed in curriculum areas such as Citizenship and PSHE may be proposed.

The first stage of the competition involves making an online application (from the organisation/provider) that explains the team’s idea and how it would be put into practice. The proposed project must be designed to benefit a particular section of the community – such as young people, the disabled or those disadvantaged – and the judges will expect the would-be beneficiaries to have been have been involved in developing the teams’ ideas.

The nine teams who make it through the first round will be awarded a cache of project enabling equipment, including the latest in laptops, complete with webcam, mobile notes E-Pen and camcorder. Each team will be allocated a business mentor from one of the supporting companies. Further help from business experts and the voluntary sector will also be on hand, and all the teams will have the opportunity to work with young people living in other countries. The overall winning team will receive a cheque for £5,000 to support future development of their wining idea.

All schools, colleges and training providers involved with the 14-19 group have been notified and in parallel with this, we want to target, contact and support organisations where there is good chance they will be interested in this competition.

Please could you identify any providers, organisations or groups who you work with and who might be interested in this fabulous opportunity and then let Sue Swan (Surrey LSC's SEESEL 2012 Coordinator) know (sue-swan@fsmail.net).   Sue will then follow up any leads to support and advise them how to make applications.