Assessments
Assessments are for getting important information about you and your family. • They help people decide how best to look after you and what support can keep you safe • They also find out how your family network can help. Sometimes support can be given before an assessment has been completed Assessments look at all areas of your life and your family environment. For example, they will look at: • how well parents or carers can look after you • what life is like for you and your family • how well you are doing – this could include thinking about how you feel and whether you have any physical needs How long do assessments take? It isn’t possible to say exactly how long it takes the children’s social care team to make an assessment because each child’s case will be different. However, within one working day of receiving a referral, the team will let the person who has referred the child know that they have received it.
At this time, what happens next will be decided. The longest it should take to make an assessment is 45 working days from the time of the referral (working days means counting every Monday to Friday, but not counting the weekends). Everyone will do their best to make the assessment as quick as possible. Lots of people might be involved including teachers, social workers and anyone who already knows your family is supporting you.
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