Team Around the Family Minutes
Family Identifying Number
(provided by Early Help & CAF Team)
Please include on all future TAF minutes and documentation.
Meeting Details
Date
Time
Location
Family Members
Name
DOB
Relationship
Signature
Address & Post code
Lead Professional
Name
Job Title
Organisation
Contact Details
Professionals attending TAF meeting
Name
Job Title
Contact Number
Apologies
Name
Role
1
Signature
Summary of Meeting
2
Action Plan
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Action Plan should indicate progress of agreed actions identified at review by RAG rating as
follows:
Red Action not completed – PRIORITY
Amber action ongoing – PROGRESSING
Green action completed – OUTCOME ACHIEVED
Please include all priority areas as identified from the CAF assessment
Please include all additional areas of need as identified from the TAF discussion
What do we
want to
achieve
Agreed Tasks
By
Whom/When?
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Progress Made
RAG
Next Meeting:
Date
Time
Location
Lead Professional
This following section only to be completed if the case is closing to TAF and
this is the final TAF meeting
Please summarise below how the outcomes have been achieved
Rationale for closing TAF
Closure reason:
Needs met refer to single agency
Needs met access universal services
Services refused/Family disengaged
Family has moved to another authority
Consent for service withdrawn
Y/N
Agency Name
Please complete the family plan on the next page.
Have you included the all of the children and young people in the plan and
completed the Distance Travelled Tool with the parents/carers children and young
people?
Please ensure you return DTT scores and all TAF minutes to the Early Help and
CAF Team as indicated on final page.
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Action 1
Family
Action Plan
Action 2
Action 3
Action 4
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TARGETED SERVICE – NOTIFICATION OF CLOSURE TO TAF (GR7)
The purpose of this form is to ensure that Targeted Services are aware of and can monitor the progress of families
who are subject to Team around the Family. It is important that we are notified of any closure of a Team around the
Family episode and the outcomes that have been achieved.
Name of Family
Address:
Date of Birth
Case Number (if known)
Lead Professional
Has the Distance Travelled tool been completed and emailed to
[email protected]?
Yes / No
Rationale for closing TAF
ENSURE RATIONALE IS COMPLETED BEFORE SELECTING OUTCOME
Closure reason:
Needs met refer to single agency
Needs met access universal services
Services refused/Family disengaged
Family has moved to another authority
Consent for service withdrawn
Y/N
Agency Name
Date of Final TAF Meeting
Final Minutes emailed to Early Help Co-Ordinator at:
[email protected]
Date closed to TAF
Send a copy of this form to Early Help [email protected] and ensure you attach a copy
of the most recent Minutes.
Send Distance travelled scores from first and last TAF meetings to [email protected]
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Experience of TAF Questionnaire
We would like to know what you thought of the Team around the Family (TAF)
meeting that you went to
For each question please circle the answer that is closest to what you think
1. Did an adult tell you about the meeting and what was going to happen?
2. Were you able to talk at the TAF meeting about what you wanted?
3. If you didn’t want to speak were you able to tell an adult what you
wanted to say?
4. Is there anything we can do to make these meetings better for you?
(If you don’t want to write anything here perhaps you could draw a
picture)
I am ______ years old.
I am a boy
Thank You
Please return to [email protected]
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girl
Your Team around the Family Meeting (TAF) Questionnaire
We would like to know what you thought of the Team around the Family (TAF) meeting that you
went to. Please could you fill in the below questionnaire?
For each question please circle the answer that is closest to what you think.
Age:
Gender:
Were you asked if you wanted a TAF meeting?
Yes
No
Did you know why a TAF meeting was held?
Yes
No
Did you feel able to speak in the TAF meeting?
Yes
No
Did you feel listened to by others who were there?
Yes
No
If you didn’t speak were you able to tell an adult
what you wanted to be said?
Yes
No
Were you happy with your lead professional?
Yes
No
Were you happy with what you were asked to do
on your TAF plan?
Yes
No
Were you happy with what other people were asked
to do on your TAF plan?
Yes
No
Is there anything we can do to make the TAF meeting better in the future?
Please return to [email protected]
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Early Help & CAF Co-Ordinating Team Contacts
Team Leader Jane Egan 604 3535
Email [email protected]
Early Help & CAF Social Worker Trish O’Hagan 604 3526
Email [email protected]
Wallasey Locality
Locality Social Worker
Michelle Sandham 630 1845 Mobile 07867461752
Email [email protected]
Early Help & CAF Co-ordinator
Maria Sheen 604 3509
Email [email protected]
South/West Locality
Locality Social Worker
Donna Hoijord-Beard 666 4850 Mobile 07795286653
Email [email protected]
Early Help & CAF Co-ordinator
Barbara Jordan 604 3503
Email [email protected]
Birkenhead Locality
Locality Social Worker
Glynn Morgan 666 3932 Mobile 07798662099
Email [email protected]
Early Help & CAF Co-ordinator
Katie Jones 604 3527
Email [email protected]
Office Based
Early Help & CAF Co-ordinator
Karen Larrisey 604 3505 mobile 07795121445
Email [email protected]
Secure email: [email protected]
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