Team Around the Child
Team Around the Child (TAC) is one of the most exciting initiatives to be launched in Lambeth. It is part of the strategy for integrated service delivery to improve outcomes for children and young people within the borough. TAC is part of Lambeth’s response to the Government agenda, Every Child Matters.
TAC allows a range of different professionals, for example council social workers, police and school nurses, to work together to develop care plans for children with additional needs in a multi-agency working environment. (Link to TAC Executive Summary Business Case). This is led by a single professional who is designated the Lead Professional. This is a proactive approach to caring for Lambeth children to support early intervention.
The Team around the Child approach means the team of professionals supporting each child will be different. TAC is flexible so that as a child’s needs change so too does the team of people around that child.
What is TAC and why is it important?
Find out how and why Lambeth has developed the Team Around the Child approach.
Learn more about how the Team Around the Child will work in practice.
Find out what we are doing to make TAC a reality in Lambeth.
What can we expect TAC to deliver?
Examples of TAC case studies in Lambeth.
Our path to achieving TAC.
The Common Assessment Framework (CAF) is a key part of delivering Team around the Child (TAC). It is a standardised approach to conducting an assessment of a child's additional needs and deciding on how those needs should be met.
Key contacts
For more details on these key initiatives and how they support the TAC and Children’s Trust arrangements as well as what they will mean for the future of service delivery for children and young people in Lambeth contact Lambeth Change Management at tac@lambeth.gov.uk.