The Common Assessment Framework Clause Samples

The Common Assessment Framework clause establishes a standardized process for evaluating and measuring performance, compliance, or progress within a contract or project. Typically, it outlines the criteria, methods, and frequency for assessments, ensuring that all parties use the same benchmarks and procedures. By providing a unified approach to assessment, this clause helps prevent misunderstandings, promotes transparency, and ensures that evaluations are fair and consistent across all stakeholders.
The Common Assessment Framework. The Common Assessment Framework (CAF) and the Common Risk Framework (CRF) represent key developments with implications for the ability of the workforce to work in an integrated way. This is particularly highlighted by the structural changes within the delivery of children and young people’s services which are now integrated with education with the key aim of putting children at the heart of services, surrounded by multi-agency teams to enable early intervention as needed. Every Child Matters proposed the introduction of a national Common Assessment Framework to help practitioners to assess children’s needs for services earlier and more effectively. The CAF is founded on widespread multi-agency training. This maximises the opportunity to share resources, work with colleagues from other services and begin the process of building a shared understanding, language and culture. An awareness and understanding of the wider field of work is required by all practitioners if building a common understanding of ‘concern’ and that leads to ‘concern’. This requires significant commitment in both time and resources, and has clear implications for workforce development planning across agencies. CAF assessment training will need to cover: when to complete a common assessment. situations where a common assessment might be initiated. a description of the CAF process. issues to consider when completing a common assessment. determining interventions and follow-up action. monitoring and review. For CWDC, the integrated working agenda will lead to support for the workforce by implementing18: the transfer of the integrated working portfolio from DfES. the CAF to a set of agreed standards. the lead professional to a set of agreed standards. multi-agency working to a set of agreed standards. Youth Matters reforms. 18 CWDC, 2007; CWDC Outline Business Plan, 2007-08 (Strand F) The Every Child Matters agenda also sets in place a programme for the development of an Integrated Qualifications Framework (IQF) for the children’s workforce19, to be completed by 2010. The aim is to ensure that key qualifications for the sector are rationalised, include the Common Core of Skills and Knowledge and support mobility across the whole of the children’s sector as well as service integration.
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  • Performance Assessment 6.1 The Performance Plan (Annexure A) to this Agreement sets out key performance indicators and competencies that needs to be evaluated in terms of – 6.1.1 The standards and procedures for evaluating the Employee’s performance; and 6.1.2 During the intervals for the evaluation of the Employee’s performance. 6.2 Despite the establishment of agreed intervals for evaluation, the Employer may in addition review the Employee’s performance at any stage while the contract of employment remains in force; 6.3 Personal growth and development needs identified during any performance review discussion must be documented in a Personal Development Plan as well as the actions agreed to and implementation must take place within set time frames; 6.4 The Employee’s performance will also be measured in terms of contributions to the goals and strategies set out in the Employer’s Integrated Development Plan (IDP) as described in 6.6 – 6.13 below; 6.5 The Employee will submit quarterly performance reports (SDBIP) and a comprehensive annual performance report at least one week prior to the performance assessment meetings to the Evaluation Panel Chairperson for distribution to the panel members for preparation purposes; 6.6 Assessment of the achievement of results as outlined in the performance plan: 6.6.1 Each KPI or group of KPIs shall be assessed according to the extent to which the specified standards or performance targets have been met (qualitative and quantitative) and with due regard to ad-hoc tasks that had to be performed under the KPI; 6.6.2 A rating on the five-point scale described in 6.9 below shall be provided for each KPI or group of KPIs which will then be multiplied by the weighting to calculate the final score; 6.6.3 The Employee will submit his self-evaluation to the Employer prior to the formal assessment; 6.6.4 In the instance where the employee could not perform due to reasons outside the control of the employer and employee, the KPI will not be considered during the evaluation. The employee should provide sufficient evidence in such instances; and 6.6.5 An overall score will be calculated based on the total of the individual scores calculated above.

  • Conformity Assessment Procedures 1. Each Party shall give positive consideration to accepting the results of conformity assessment procedures of other Parties, even where those procedures differ from its own, provided it is satisfied that those procedures offer an assurance of conformity with applicable technical regulations or standards equivalent to its own procedures. 2. Each Party shall seek to enhance the acceptance of the results of conformity assessment procedures conducted in the territories of other Parties with a view to increasing efficiency, avoiding duplication and ensuring cost effectiveness of the conformity assessments. In this regard, each Party may choose, depending on the situation of the Party and the specific sectors involved, a broad range of approaches. These may include but are not limited to: (a) recognition by a Party of the results of conformity assessments performed in the territory of another Party; (b) recognition of co-operative arrangements between accreditation bodies in the territories of the Parties; (c) mutual recognition of conformity assessment procedures conducted by bodies located in the territory of each Party; (d) accreditation of conformity assessment bodies in the territory of another Party; (e) use of existing regional and international multilateral recognition agreements and arrangements; (f) designating conformity assessment bodies located in the territory of another Party to perform conformity assessment; and (g) suppliers’ declaration of conformity. 3. Each Party shall exchange information with other Parties on its experience in the development and application of the approaches in Paragraph 2(a) to (g) and other appropriate approaches with a view to facilitating the acceptance of the results of conformity assessment procedures. 4. A Party shall, upon request of another Party, explain its reasons for not accepting the results of any conformity assessment procedure performed in the territory of that other Party.

  • Ergonomic Assessments At the request of the employee, the College will ensure that an ergonomic assessment of the employee’s work station is completed by a person trained by the Department of Labor and Industries or comparable trainer to conduct ergonomic assessments. Solutions to identified issues/concerns will be implemented within available resources.

  • Report on Assessment of Compliance and Attestation (a) On or before March 15 of each calendar year, commencing in 2007, unless no reporting obligation under the Exchange Act exists at such time with respect to the Trust Fund: (i) Each of the Servicer and the Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor and the Servicer a report (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor) regarding the Servicer's or the Trustee's, as applicable, assessment of compliance with the Servicing Criteria during the immediately preceding calendar year, as required under Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB. Such report shall be signed by an authorized officer of such Person and shall address each of the Servicing Criteria applicable to such party specified on a certification delivered to the Depositor concurrently with the execution of this Agreement. To the extent any of the Servicing Criteria are not applicable to such Person, with respect to asset-backed securities transactions taken as a whole involving such Person and that are backed by the same asset type backing the Certificates, such report shall include such a statement to that effect. The Depositor and the Servicer, and each of their respective officers and directors shall be entitled to rely on upon each such servicing criteria assessment. (ii) Each of the Servicer and the Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor and the Servicer a report of a registered public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Depositor that attests to, and reports on, the assessment of compliance made by Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, and delivered pursuant to the preceding paragraphs. Such attestation shall be in accordance with Rules 1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including, without limitation that in the event that an overall opinion cannot be expressed, such registered public accounting firm shall state in such report why it was unable to express such an opinion. Such report must be available for general use and not contain restricted use language. To the extent any of the Servicing Criteria are not applicable to such Person, with respect to asset-backed securities transactions taken as a whole involving such Person and that are backed by the same asset type backing the Certificates, such report shall include such a statement to that effect. (iii) The Servicer shall cause each Reporting Subcontractor to deliver to the Depositor an assessment of compliance and accountant's attestation as and when provided in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 11.07. (iv) The Trustee shall cause each Reporting Subcontractor to deliver to the Depositor and the Servicer an assessment of compliance and accountant's attestation as and when provided in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section. (v) The Servicer shall execute (and the Servicer shall cause each Reporting Subcontractor to execute) a reliance certificate to enable the Certification Parties to rely upon each (A) annual compliance statement provided pursuant to Section 3.17, (B) annual report on assessments of compliance with servicing criteria provided pursuant to this Section 11.07 and (C) accountant's report provided pursuant to this Section 11.07 and shall include a certification that each such annual compliance statement or report discloses any deficiencies or defaults described to the registered public accountants of such Person to enable such accountants to render the certificates provided for in this Section 11.07. (vi) The Trustee shall execute (and the Trustee shall cause each Reporting Subcontractor to execute) a reliance certificate to enable the Certification Parties to rely upon each (A) annual report on assessments of compliance with servicing criteria provided pursuant to this Section 11.07 and (C) accountant's report provided pursuant to this Section 11.07 and shall include a certification that each such report discloses any deficiencies or defaults described to the registered public accountants of such Person to enable such accountants to render the certificates provided for in this Section 11.07. (b) In the event the Servicer, the Trustee or Reporting Subcontractor is terminated or resigns during the term of this Agreement, such Person shall provide documents and information required by this Section 11.07 with respect to the period of time it was subject to this Agreement or provided services with respect to the Trust Fund, the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans. (c) An assessment of compliance provided by a Subcontractor pursuant to Section 11.07(a)(iii) or (iv) need not address any elements of the Servicing Criteria other than those specified by the Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, pursuant to Section 11.07(a)(i).

  • Joint Assessment If the Premises are not separately assessed, Lessee's liability shall be an equitable proportion of the Real Property Taxes for all of the land and improvements included within the tax parcel assessed, such proportion to be conclusively determined by Lessor from the respective valuations assigned in the assessor's work sheets or such other information as may be reasonably available.