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Multi Agency Safeguarding

Multi Agency Safeguarding. A Good Practice Framework for London. Hackney Partnership Triage What did we want?. A whole family approach to safeguarding No ‘wasted’ information Democratisation of safeguarding. Hackney Partnership Triage What did we find?. Some knowledge/service gaps

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Multi Agency Safeguarding

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  1. Multi Agency Safeguarding A Good Practice Framework for London

  2. Hackney Partnership TriageWhat did we want? • A whole family approach to safeguarding • No ‘wasted’ information • Democratisation of safeguarding

  3. Hackney Partnership TriageWhat did we find? • Some knowledge/service gaps • Need for specialised staff training • Need for common understanding of risk and vulnerability • Right people are key

  4. Hackney Partnership TriageWhere are we going? One Front Door • Checks for gang links, MAT, Partnership Panel, PSRs • Involvement of health visitors, midwives and GPs • Involvement of probation

  5. The vision ‘to identify and make safe at the earliest opportunity all vulnerable people in our communities through the sharing of information and intelligence across the safeguarding partnership’

  6. Why develop the MASH General acceptance, nationally and locally that poor information sharing was a problem. Lord Laming’s recommendations resulting from the Victoria Climbié case Lessons from serious case reviews Outcomes from Devon’s Safeguarding Children’s Board multi-agency audits

  7. MASH – Why and what for MASH was established to; Early identification and understanding of risk (Children and adults) Victim identification and intervention Harm identification and reduction through analysis Enable resources to be targeted against true harm.

  8. What MASH does in Devon Manages Police Child Concern referrals Contact and referrals to Early Years and Families Liaison with Early Response Service to meet Children’s Social Care needs that do not require a social care assessment at level 3. Identifies harm to individuals and in communities

  9. Enquiry from professional 121a Enquiry from public MASH Enquiry Triaging MASH Health & Mental Health Probation Youth Offending Team Children‘s Social Services Education Police Early Years Decision Social Care Manager CAF/ ERS Info only s.47 s.17

  10. What Now? Developing analysis to identify harm and vulnerability by Individual, family and location Recurring re-enquiries! Cameron’s 120000 most needy children. MASH Family Profiles meeting. Early Intervention – Do we target the right families? Do they consent to services? Consent vs service redesign? Currently working to develop links with MARAC, MAPPA, IOM, Missing Children investigation and intervention, ASB, Teenage pregnancy, prevent pathways

  11. This preliminary work has identified themes for development and implementation… Communication and Risk Assessment Co-locate professionals to manage problems Increased benefits and outcomes for vulnerable people Front door for Children’s Services Consideration of Adults Co-location of professionals to identify risk and manage interventions …each theme has good practice identified, which can be shared to build a common process

  12. Common process for London: Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub Key steps needed for success: Process for London, incorporating good practice themes into a common process Front door for all child referrals Co-located professionals and data to identify risk – building the full picture on the child Firewall – allows the necessary tension between privacy and sharing information for safety to be exercised in a secure environment. Ownership of information retained by the each agency. Encourages Health to share Decision making process based on the full picture – better targeting of resources to those most in need. Problem solving the causes of vulnerability Streamlines services, reduces duplication Potential adult pathway

  13. MASH thematic Sutton Police referral CYPS Referral Adult Pathway Lambeth Barnet Islington Tower Hamlets Co-located PPD Front door Westminster Croydon Build full picture Haringey Hackney MASH Co-located, social work led multi agency team Assess the risk Decide best intervention firewall Intervention to best solve problem

  14. Next Steps: London Nationally

  15. CYPS Police Adults initial risk assessment/enquiries Police CYPS Health Mental Health Housing Education Probation Others? Analyst/Researcher DECISION By statutory manager sanitised assessed product problem solving tasking firewall NFA For info Action hand off to the most appropriate agency Emerging issues

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