CAF Cards for Practitioners

The Common Assessment Framework has created an opportunity to introduce a unique set of resources to help young people move from their present state to a desired state based around well-formed outcomes.

The sets of CAF Cards and Road Sign Cards have been developed with young people by Positive Steps Oldham, and London East Connexions has the opportunity to roll out CAF Card training across London and the South East. The cards allow the exploration of imagery to plan brighter futures and identify how to support and resource the change process. The cards are underpinned by Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) principles. They create an environment that encourages young people to explore new possibilities. They can help to lift the barriers. The young person becomes the owner of the keys for change.

The cards will help young people to look at their lives differently, before exploring what to do and build a desire to change and set new goals.

Please note that this training day is NOT about how the Common Assessment Framework will work generally, but is about providing practitioners with a tool which will enhance their young person centred work.

CAF Cards

CAF Cards have been specifically developed to fully engage and empower young people in the Common Assessment process. The cards focus is on the individual and they act like doors to a room that a young person may enter and explore. The CAF Cards can enable them to learn to shape and design a more rewarding future and start to enjoy the freedom that brings...

The cards fulfill a number of functions:

• They invite young people to engage in the process
• They create motivation to explore and create new meanings
• They allow young people to see graphically where they are at the moment
• They reveal the options that were already there and leave the young person with new choices.
• They provide a tool for practitioners who will be using the CAF to work in a young person centred way
• They support staff in undertaking assessments with young people that gather the information we need

Road Sign Cards

The Road Sign Cards offer a metaphor to guide the young person through a process of goal setting, planning and creative thinking. Life is a journey and the cards create a route. Goals are destinations and a means to an end and routes to destinations. It doesn't matter where they start from because the cards will help them overcome any problems.

The cards ask the young person:

• Which sign represents where they are now?
• To consider whether their destination is in sight or over the horizon
• What obstacles they will face on their journey?
• What they will be doing differently when they get there?

To complement the training, all delegates will receive a presentation box containing:

• a set of CAF Cards
• a set of Road Sign Cards
• a Training Manual with details of additional ways of using the Cards plus other useful reference materials

Further details of CAF Cards can be obtained from: http://www.cafcards.co.uk

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