safer lives – changed lives 21 st july 2009 graham abrines - coordinator domestic abuse pathfinder...
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Safer Lives – Changed LivesSafer Lives – Changed Lives2121stst July 2009 July 2009
Graham Abrines - CoordinatorDomestic Abuse Pathfinder Project
Dumfries & Galloway
GIRFEC National DA PathfinderGIRFEC National DA Pathfinder
ClydebankDumfries and Galloway
Falkirk North Edinburgh
Our aim is to improve outcomes for children & young people
affected by domestic abuse using GIRFEC principles & core
components
Dumfries & GallowayDumfries & Galloway
D&G’s journey – who’s involvedD&G’s journey – who’s involved
Victims & their children
Agency staff
2 Project staff
Project Board – senior managers from participating agencies & lead officers
from CPC, DAVAWP & Integrated Children’s Services
Children’s Services Chief Officers Group
D&G’s journey - in the beginning D&G’s journey - in the beginning Duplication
No standard approach to recording
Little or no “customer input”
Information not shared with key people in children’s lives
Information systems not compatible with one another
Not core business
D&G’s Journey - The New ResponseD&G’s Journey - The New Response
Developed with victims, their children, staff & managers … and
techies
Proposes a tiered single or multi-agency response to each incident based initially on assessed risk to
the victim.
Seeks to provide children with help that is Appropriate, Proportionate & Timely
ADULT DISCLOSES DOMESTIC ABUSE/ INCIDENT
FORM A CHILDREN NO CHILDREN
FOLLOW OWN AGENCIES GUIDANCE
COMPLETE CHILD CONCERN
(GIRFEC WELLBEING INDICATORS-SHANARRI)
POLICE DA UNIT SPECCSSS
MULTI AGENCY LETTER
PATHFINDER
INFORM AGENCIES AS PER PROCESS
SINGLE/ MULTI AGENCY ACTION
OTHER AGENCY
INFO
D&G’s journeyD&G’s journeyWhat do practitioners/managers think?What do practitioners/managers think?
Agencies are receiving better information more timeously ~
Reduction in inappropriate referrals to Social Work and SCRA ~ Increased
trust and better communication between agencies ~ Information has
helped communication between teachers and pupils ~ Information has aided communication with victims and
universal Health and Education services.
D&G’s journeyD&G’s journeyWhat do victims think of servicesWhat do victims think of services
“Police did everything they could have done and they came back later to check I was
alright.”
“GP gave lots of good advice.”
“The school’s involvement has been a positive thing. The HT spoke to the children & said he
was there if they wanted to talk about anything. This has been especially helpful for
my son because he’s feeling hurt & aggressive and they’re being understanding.”
“Health visitor did everything she could have done, she was really helpful.”
“Social Work are pushing things along, they’re helping a lot.”
D&G’s Journey - Lessons LearnedD&G’s Journey - Lessons Learned
Chief Officer Buy in Consultation from the start
Making connections Multi-agency training
Business process mapping, a necessary evil
It is the day job, not an add on to it Project management has been helpful Start evaluating from the beginning
Keep it as simple as possible Remember why we do it
Since the pathfinder began……Since the pathfinder began……
It has dealt with: 683 incidents involving 1187 children
Information has been sent to: *57 primary schools,
* 16 secondary schools
*30 GP Practices
SPECCSSS Assessments:
370 standard
224 medium,
61 high
21 very high
Victims/repeats
Out of 683 incidents, there have been 135 repeat families
For further information about any of the Pathfinders please contact
the National Manager:
For further information about the Pathfinder in
Dumfries & Galloway please contact