FRAME: Framework for Risk Assessment Management and Evaluation IAFMHS – Barcelona 2011 Mark McSherry

Head of Development

Heather Irving

Standards and Guidance Lead

Background

What is FRAME?

“A consistent shared framework that promotes defensible and ethical risk assessment and management practice that is proportionate to risk, legitimate to role, appropriate for the task in hand and is communicated meaningfully”

What is FRAME?

Proportionality Balancing rights Evidence-based practice Individualised Rights based approach Transparent and inclusive

FRAME OBJECTIVES

FRAMEWORK for RISK ASSESSMENT, MANAGEMENT and EVALUATION To develop an agreed risk assessment and management framework that supports multi-agency practice through a shared understanding of roles and responsibilities, process and language of risk.

To establish agreed standards of practice, guidelines, and evaluation in support of consistent, meaningful and proportionate risk assessment and management practice which supports the principles of defensible decision making and which spans agencies, systems and offender groups.

To inform Policy decisions relating to risk assessment and management with learning from national and international research and practice.

To promote implementation integrity by incorporating agreed quality assurance and evaluation mechanisms.

To ensure risk assessment is performed in a manner that evidences defensible decision making and the efficient use of resources.

Practice Standards

Risk Assessment Planning and Responding to Change Risk Management Measures Partnership Working Quality Assurance

Practice Standard One - Risk Assessment

Practice Standard Three - Risk Management Measures

Practice Standard Five - Quality Assurance

Multi-agency Organisational Individual

Challenges

Policy Research Practice

FRAME - Next steps… Competency framework Legislative consultation Review of inspection agency models Risk Management training MAPPA LS/CMI, Stable and Acute 2007

Contact us:

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Website:

http://www.rmascotland.gov.uk

FRAME policy paper:

http://www.rmascotland.gov.uk/try/frame/

Mark McSherry:

[email protected]

Heather Irving:

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