Guidance

Annex A: information and data request

Updated 4 October 2024

Applies to England

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This data and information request will be passed to the CEO or designated deputy at the beginning of the inspection/focused visit.

Child-level data

Cafcass will be asked to provide a full list of all cases closed across the whole national organisation in the 2 weeks before the inspection beginning. The data field for each case should include:

  • case ID

  • case name

  • gender

  • ethnicity

  • disability (Y/N)

  • date of birth

  • lead application

  • law type

  • case type (for example, safeguarding letter only, s7, r16.4, s25, s31 and so on)

  • practitioner

  • team

  • service area

  • local authority (public law)

  • court

  • file location (if not electronic)

Further documentation

National

  • Key national strategies and plans that relate to the evaluation schedule

  • Workforce strategy and national training needs analysis

  • Partnership and commissioning strategy

  • Senior leadership and operational management team minutes

  • National Family Justice Board minutes.

Local

  • Local business plan

  • Data on unallocated cases

  • Information on local partnerships and commissioning

  • Training needs, delivery and evaluation information

  • Court sitting dates

  • User appointments in the service areas where inspectors plan to visit (practice observation)

  • Service area management meeting minutes

  • Local Safeguarding Children Board/Local Family Justice Board minutes

  • Information about annual appraisals

  • Cafcass National Improvement Service audits/reports/health checks and so on

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