The Devon Children and Families Partnership (DCFP) has adopted a multi-agency model to help professionals assess safeguarding needs for children and young people.
The DCFP has adopted the continuum of need model (based on the Torbay Safeguarding Children Board threshold tool) to provide a multi-agency, whole system approach to assessment, prevention and intervention for children, young people and their families and directly support the Devon Assessment Framework (DAF).
The adoption of the model provides consistency for professionals working across geographical areas. This dynamic model provides a needs led, outcome driven matrix of need and vulnerability which, when used effectively, can match the child/young person’s needs with the appropriate assessment and provision.
Read the full guidance about our Levels of Need tool, or view our indicators of need.
Training
To familiarise yourself with the Levels of Need tool, it is essential that you attend a Levels of Need workshop – all staff can attend the workshops listed by this link.
Dates of workshops specifically for those who work in schools or education are available here. The content of these workshops is the same as the those in the earlier link, the only difference is that the course is facilitated by Devon Education Service; you do not need to attend two workshops.
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