Transcript Where are we now? - Partners IN Salford

WHERE ARE WE NOW?
SALFORD’S MASH IS:
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A multi-agency safeguarding hub and is the single point of
contact for all safeguarding concerns regarding children and
young people in Salford. It brings together expert
professionals from services that have contact with children,
young people and families, making the best possible use of
their combined knowledge and information to keep children
safe from harm
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A confidential and unique environment providing professionals
with far more information than has been revealed previously.
This is to ensure no vital information is missed and speedy
decisions can be made when safeguarding a child or young
person
THE SOCIAL WORK TEAM
Service Manager – Debbie MacQueen
 Practice Manager – Elaine Healey
 Advanced Practitioner – Stacey Brewer
 Four level three Social Workers –
 Yasmin Davidson
 James Charlton
 Laura Jones
 Sonia Bagguley
 Admin Support Team
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THE VEHICLE
Police – PPIU, DV, GULF
 Children’s Social Care
 Early Intervention and Prevention Team
 Environment and Community Safety
 Housing
 Probation (weekly)
 Health (weekly)
 YOS (weekly)
 Housing Benefits
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WHAT’S HAPPENING NOW
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Enquiries come into the MASH and are received from professionals,
voluntary agencies or from the public (telephone/fax/worried about a
child)
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A contact is created if deemed appropriate onto care first and then
`screened’ by one of Social Workers.
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At this stage the contact could be a No Further Action and a referral
sent to EIPT for support services to become involved. Or a CAF
recommended if not already in place.
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If the contact is to progress to referral record then Information gathered
during screening will be from Children’s Services records (history),
police, probation, drugs and alcohol team, school, health services etc
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Social workers have 24 hours to screen a contact and make the
appropriate decision/recommendation of action. This needs
authorising by AP or Manager.
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If a contact is to be progressed to a referral record then a further
24 hours is allowed before progressing to initial
assessment/strategy meeting by the RIAT Team to establish
risk/need/further intervention/support.
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Immediate risk/injury/allegation of sexual abuse will be flagged
as urgent and dealt with immediately
WHAT’S WORKING WELL
Multi-agency approach (including MARAC, Missing
from Home and Partnership (GULF) meetings
 Insight into roles and responsibilities ie. broader
context
 Understanding thresholds i.e face to face
discussion and exploration
 Approachability i.e. more about good will
 Speedy decisions, risks can be assessed in good
time
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CHALLENGES
Shared aim and vision
 Increased workload – suggestion for different
streams of activity. Risk is unmanageability.
 Thresholds and quality of referrals
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WHAT’S NEXT
Adult and Child Mental Health
 Probation and Health full time
 Drug and Alcohol Services
 Education Welfare Services
 SIDASS and PROTECT
 Single IT system
 3 x weekly MARAC meetings
 Junior MARAC
 New Screening Role x 2
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PARTICIPATION
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When to refer
What information to gather – presenting issue, positives,
not a repeat of previous referrals/issues/
When/how to inform parents – a detailed description of
their response when informed
Professional opinion / use the threshold model
What to say to the child
How to complete the referral form
Earlier the better
When to contact MASH
Details of all people living in the household
Up to date information for parents –address/phone
number etc