Multi-agency teams, family support and parent advisers in England and Wales use the Common Assessment Framework (CAF) to help identify what support parents need. Debbie McMillan, project manager for extended services and CAF in Gloucestershire, says: "It gives us permission to talk about families. We can identify parents' support needs early."
But it's important to try to drill down to determine how inclusive a school's extended services are. Gloucestershire Council's Shape team establishes position statements with its schools, which give a deeper understanding of what is needed. McMillan adds: "Around parent support, we'll first ask: What are you offering? Then we probe deeper: Are you consulting? Who is participating? How do you reach parents who are hard to engage?"
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