Working Together To Safeguard Adults and Children

1 Working Together to Safeguard Adults and Children from Domestic Violence and Abuse Multi-agency Procedures Published: March 2013. Reviewed: May 2017. Review: May 2018. Working Together to Safeguard Adults and Children from Domestic Violence and Abuse Multi-agency Procedures Contents Glossary .. i 1. Introduction .. 1. 2. Principles of the Domestic violence and abuse procedures .. 5. 3. Impact of domestic violence and abuse .. 5. 4. Roles and Responsibilities .. 5. Alerter .. 5. Assessor .. 6. Alerter Flowchart .. 7. The Process for Assessors.

2 8. Safe enquiry .. 8. Guidance for when a victim withdraws/denies or retracts an allegation outside of the criminal justice system .. 9. Enquiry and Assessment Flowchart .. 10. 5. Children .. 11. 6. Adults .. 12. 7. Adults with care and support needs .. 13. Capacity to make a decision or to give consent .. 14. 8. Assessing and Managing Risk .. 16. Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) .. 18. 9. Perpetrators .. 21. Adults with care and support needs who perpetrate domestic violence and 22. Young people who use violence in close relationships.

3 22. Appendix 1 - Wider Risk Management Issues .. 24. Forced Marriage and So Called Honour Based Violence and Abuse .. 24. Honour Based Violence and Abuse .. 25. Female Genital Mutilation .. 25. Black and Minority Ethnic 26. Domestic Violence and Abuse and Substance Misuse .. 27. Adults with Care and Support Needs who are affected by Domestic Violence and Abuse .. 29. Appendix 2 Safe Enquiry into Domestic Violence and Abuse .. 31. Appendix 3 Assessment Questions for Perpetrators .. 33. Appendix 4 - Useful contacts .. 34. i Working Together to Safeguard Adults and Children from Domestic Violence and Abuse Multi-agency Procedures Glossary Adult Refers to people over 18 with needs for care and support (whether or not the local authority is meeting those needs).

4 BME Black and Minority Ethnic Persons or Groups CAADA (previously) Co-ordinated Action Against Domestic Abuse now SafeLives CPS Crown Prosecution Service DV&A Domestic violence and abuse DVPN Domestic Violence Protection Notice DVPO Domestic Violence Protection Order EHA Early Help Assessment ESOL English for Speakers of Other Languages FGMPO Female Genital Mutilation Protection Order FMPO Forced Marriage Protection Order IDAP Integrated Domestic violence and abuse Programme for perpetrators sentenced by Court run by Probation.

5 IDVA Independent Domestic Violence Advisor. They are trained specialists who provide holistic support to the most at risk Adults and families MAPPA Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements MARAC Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference . In a single meeting MARAC combines up to date risk information with a timely assessment of a victim's needs and links those directly to the provision of appropriate services for all those involved in a domestic abuse case : victim Children and perpetrator MCC Manchester City Council MSAB Manchester Safeguarding Adults Board a multi-agency partnership created to ensure that all organisations providing or commissioning services for Adults in Manchester work in a coordinated way that promotes health and wellbeing.

6 Safeguarding and the protection of Adults from abuse in Manchester MSCB Manchester Safeguarding Children Board is a statutory organisation whose main objective is to coordinate and ensure the effectiveness of work that is done in safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Children and young people under the age of 18 in Manchester. PTMWA The Pankhurst Trust incorporating Manchester Women's Aid PPIU Public Protection Investigation Unit Sanctuary Scheme Extra home security for those who no longer live with the perpetrator of domestic violence and abuse and want to remain safely in their own house SARC Sexual Assault Referral Centre SDVC Specialist Domestic Violence Court MASH Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub Early Help The role of the Early Help Team is to support professionals and agencies in their key role to support families as soon as needs are

7 Identified and to address those issues which can lead to escalation i Working Together to Safeguard Adults and Children from Domestic Violence and Abuse Multi-agency Procedures 1. Introduction These multi-agency procedures are for all staff and managers Working within any Manchester service that supports Adults and / or Children who may be affected by domestic violence and abuse. It outlines practical, good practice approaches for responding to Adults and families who are affected by domestic violence and abuse and those Adults who perpetrate it.

8 Our Definition Manchester adopts the Home Office definition of domestic violence and abuse (DV&A) which is any incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive, threatening behaviour, violence or abuse between those aged 16 or over who are or have been intimate partners or family members regardless of gender or trans The abuse can encompass, but is not limited to, psychological, physical, sexual, financial and emotional abuse. Controlling behaviour is a range of acts to make a person subordinate and/or dependent by isolating them from sources of support, exploiting their resources and capacities for personal gain, depriving them of the means needed for independence, resistance and escape, and regulating their everyday behaviour.

9 Coercive behaviour is an act or a pattern of acts of assault, threats, humiliation and intimidation or other abuse that is used to harm, punish or frighten the victim. This is not a legal definition. The definition also includes so-called honour-based violence, female genital mutilation (FGM) and forced marriage. At this stage it must be acknowledged that some of these forms of DV&A are not currently recorded on our systems, and where cases are recorded it is not always clear whether they reflect current or historic abuse.

10 Different forms of domestic violence and abuse may require different responses. Coercive control (intimate terrorist). The basic pattern of coercive control is the use of multiple control tactics (violent and non-violent) to attempt to take general control over one's partner. Specific control tactics vary from case to case involving different combinations of economic control, isolation, emotional abuse, intimidation, use of Children and other control tactics. It is hoped that the Government's new coercive or controlling behaviour offence will mean victims who experience the type of behaviour that stops short of serious 1.