Have You Used the Graded Care Profile As Part of This Assessment?

Parent and Carers Name:

Summary of what is working well and what you are worried about – start from the centre column to reinforce the positives. Have you used the Graded Care Profile as part of this assessment? In this section please record parental view of the child’s needs. Please include any parent’s needs. Consider each of the elements but comments do not need to be recorded in every section. Education Parents views of progress made in educational setting including attendance. What has supported progress? How any need is seen to present at home? Encouraging self-control; modelling positive behaviour; effective and appropriate discipline; support for positive activities. What are you worried about? What is working well/strengths? What needs to happen to improve wellbeing/success?

Health Current mental health, previous mental health history, diagnosis, medication and compliance; physical conditions or impairments; registered with use a dentist; GP, optician, immunisations, development checks, hospital admissions, accidents, allergies, health and advice, resilience, attendance at medical appointments What are you worried about? What is working well/strengths? What needs to happen to improve wellbeing/success?

Care Parents views on any care needs presented and how these are met; formal and informal support networks from extended family and others; provision of food, drink, warmth, shelter, appropriate clothing; personal, dental hygiene, engagement with services; safe and healthy environment; peer groups: social networks and relationships; stable, affectionate, stimulating family environment; praise and encouragement; secure attachments; wider caring roles and avoiding over protection; What are you worried about? What is working well/strengths? What needs to happen to improve wellbeing/success?

Social and Community Housing, employment and financial considerations: water/heating/sanitation facilities: sleeping arrangements; homelessness; work and shifts; worklessness; income and benefits; effects of hardship; family history, functioning and well-being; criminality, anti-social behaviour; culture size and composition of household; absent parents, relationship breakdown; abusive behaviour What are you worried about? What is working well/strengths? What needs to happen to improve wellbeing/success?