Transcript Barnardos domestic violence risk assessment training

Barnardos Domestic violence:
Risk Assessment Model
Barnardo’s Registered Charity Nos 216250 and SC037605
BARNARDOS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE:
Risk Assessment Model
Claudette Malcolm – Domestic Violence L/D
Consultant (LEASE)
Libby Fry – Assistant Director Barnardos LEASE
E-Mail: [email protected]
[email protected]
Tel:
0207 3788797/ 07908493225
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Risk Assessment Model
BACKGROUND:
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Adapted from a manual produced by
the Ontario Ministry of Community and
Social Services in Canada
Piloted with Social Care Trusts in
Northern Ireland over a 4 year period.
PRINCIPLES OF THE MODEL:
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Protecting children is the first priority
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Protecting the non-abusing parent
usually the mother helps protect the
child
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Providing supportive resources
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Perpetrators are responsible for their
abusive behaviour
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Respecting the non-abusing parents’
right to direct their life without placing
children at increase risk of further
abuse.
THE MODEL:
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Designed for use by frontline agencies
and Social care professionals to
assess the severity of domestic abuse
experienced by children and young
people, living within families exposed
to domestic violence.
Gender specific; assessing male to
female domestic violence.
Provides safety planning interventions
for children, young people and nonabusing parent.
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OBJECTIVES:
AIMS:
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To help children and young
people stay safe and healthy,
that is to attain the objectives
for children outlined in Every
Child Matters 2004. and
Children Act 1989
To increase the competence of
Social care professionals and
Multi-agency staff when
dealing with domestic violence
through a training and
mentoring package.
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To assist staff to identify risks to
children from domestic violence
To assist staff in decisions
whether a case presents as in
need of a safeguarding response
or family support
To help staff to make appropriate
intervention for children, nonabusing parent and perpetrators
To provide a specific domestic
violence risk assessment format
within initial and core
assessments
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Four separate modules:
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Module 1: Multi-agency domestic violence
threshold scale
Designed for front-line multi-agency staff to
enable screening/ identification of risk and
to provide specific guidance for the initiation
of CAF and appropriate levels of intervention
Module 2: Domestic Violence Initial
Assessment within Social care
Training consisting of a number of triggers
for assessing the risk to children and the
non abusing parent for use by Social care
staff whilst undertaking an initial assessment
Module 3: Domestic Violence CORE
assessment within Social Care A specific indepth DV core assessment tool to be used
by Social Care staff when children/ YP are
subject to core assessment. Sec 17/47 of
CA 89
Module 4: Safety intervention with children
and mothers Provides social care staff with
safety planning interventions to be
undertaken with children/yp and the non
abusing parent during initial assessment
and core assessment process.
Implementation:
Phase 1:
Phase 2:
Phase 3:
Phase 4:
on
Phase 5:
safety
Phase 6:
Formation of Steering Group
Presentation to Local Safe Guarding
Board
Training Module 1: Multi-agency ½ day
DV awareness training and use of the
threshold scales and professional
guidance.100 Multi-agency staff (inc
CAF assessors, health professionals,
education)
Training Module 2 & 3- Two days training
initial core domestic violence risk
assessment model.
Training Module 4 -One day training on
planning interventions with children and
mothers.
25 social workers or key practitioners.
E.g. CP coordinator, Police etc
Mentoring – practice learning session
Groups of 5/6 staff four session each,
usually on a monthly bases.
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OUTCOMES:
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Increased staff awareness and
understanding of the dynamics of DV and
the risks domestic violence presents for
children and young people
An improvement in Social workers ability to
respond more effectively to domestic
violence.
Safety planning and risk assessment will
enable staff to assess children’s safety in
families where domestic violence occurs
Non-abusing parent will be more aware of
the risks posed by domestic violence and be
able to keep themselves and their child safer
More accurate core assessments where
domestic violence is intensely assessed
More children and young people will be
identified as requiring support and
safeguarding
Children/ YP and the non-abusive parent will
have safety planning interventions aimed at
improving their safety.
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Parallel process – model matches other risk
assessment tools – Multi-Agency Risk
Assessment Conference (MARAC),
SPECCS (Domestic Violence Risk
assessment used by the Police) and Coordinated Action Against Domestic Abuse
(CARDA) .
BENEFITS:
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More specialised domestic violence
assessment of families during section 47 &
section 17 enquiries
Provides a consistent multi-agency
framework to identify and assess level of
risk
Increases safeguarding of children with
greater informed decision making.
Greater focus on the needs of children and
victims
Offers holistic support to families
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BENEFITS CONTI:
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Greater support to staff dealing with
domestic violence cases
It enhances the assessment process
within CAF as a specific risk
assessment tool.
It supports the Governments objective
within Every Child Matters
Maintains the focus of domestic
violence as a main concern within the
assessment framework without
marginalising any other significant
concern
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COST:
Cost for the full package:
£13,000.
Any further enquiries please contact:
Claudette Malcolm
Tel: 0207378 8797/ 07908493225
Email:
[email protected]