Information for professionals about Team around Family (TAF) meetings

Information about conducting TAF meetings and what to do after meetings have been held.

About TAF meetings

At the TAF meeting, you should review the Early Help Assessment (EHA) and the plan developed. The TAF meeting form needs to be used to note:

What's working well and any progress
What are we worried about?
Actions with clear timescales and named people to action them

Following this, it is recommended that a further TAF meeting is arranged within 6 weeks to review progress.

TAF meeting form

How to conduct a TAF meeting

A TAF meeting should take place within six weeks after a decision to provide Early Help has been made.

You should appoint a lead professional before the first meeting, if this has not already been done. The lead professional is responsible for arranging and coordinating all TAF meetings as needed.

Read about the lead professional's responsibilities.

What happens at a TAF meeting

At the TAF meeting, you should review the Early Help Assessment (EHA) and use an Early Help, plan, review and closure form used to note:

any progress
worries that the professionals and family have
record any actions and who needs to complete them.

What to do after the meeting

Meetings should take place every six weeks. All involved professionals, the family and young person (if it is appropriate for them to attend) should all be invited to discuss what is going well and what changes they would like to see happen. You should record any updates and changes to the plan on the TAF Meeting form.

It is also important that the family and all professionals get copies of the EHA and TAF Meeting record.