Accessing services for a child

This section contains help for colleagues on accessing services using Swift & Easy Access (SEA) and the Common Assessment Framework (CAF), and provides lots of guidance and links to more information in other areas.

South Tyneside thresholds and services

In South Tyneside our service model is designed to reflect the fact that children, young people and their families will have different levels of need, and that this need may change over time.

South Tyneside Thresholds and Services[pdf - 154kb]

The Common Assessment Advice Team (CAAT)


The first stop for everything to do with Common Assessment

What is the Common Assessment Framework and Swift & Easy Access?


Assessing needs and getting access to services

Swift & Easy Access


How to use Swift & Easy Access

Information sharing


Guidance and advice on sharing information

Integrated working


Working together around the needs of the child

Family CAF


Whole-family and electronic CAF

Early Intervention Mapping Services - A to Z


Documents relating to Early Intervention Mapping of Services