The Common Assessment Framework (CAF) is an electronic system for assessing children and sharing information between child welfare professionals, which is at various stages of pilot and implementation in England and Wales. Research by the authors in England (, ; ) and in Wales (; ) informs this...

The Common Assessment Framework is a standard assessment tool to be used by all professionals working with children for assessment and referral. The CAF is hailed as a needs-led, evidence-based tool which will promote uniformity, ensure appropriate ‘early intervention', reduce referral rates...

This paper suggests a conceptual shift in the way we approach information sharing by foregrounding the role of categorization. We argue that the establishment of professional categories, while being central to institutional intervention, is contingent on the complexities of everyday...

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; PART I Conceptual and methodological premises; 2 Responsibilisation in governmentality literature; 3 Responsibilities and current welfare discourses; 4 Analysing the management of responsibilities at the...