Recommendation 2: Local Review current support services for Sue Hadley, List of support By Letter response February 2017 – families experiencing domestic Independent services available 01/12/2016 from LSCB Chair, Further letter That the Local violence Chair Sue Hadley dated sent to LSCB 17/11/2016. Chair, Sue Safeguarding Children’s Board Ensure all staff are aware of services Safeguarding Response: There is Hadley. take steps to ensure available and have knowledge and Children’s Board Publication / By a new Domestic The that the range of understanding of how to access these dissemination of 31/12/2016 Abuse Strategy in members have support available is services for families and offer these above list to all Suffolk and the requested clear to all services relevant LSCB is supporting details of the professionals who organisations and monitoring engage in work with By this. The Suffolk leading children and Identify gaps in current provision and 31/12/2016 Safer and Stronger on the Strategy develop plan of how to address these Communities and Action Plan families. gaps to maximise support to families Group are in order to and minimise risk to children and Gaps in service By overseeing this ensure that this families identified 28/02/2017 work and the work is being Action Plan taken forward. includes mapping Plan developed to commissioning of 14/06/2017 – address gaps services to develop No response quality and received. consistency of Action: Follow service. The Action up response. Plan also includes raising awareness 26/10/2017 of Domestic Abuse Information via a dedicated provided campaign and associated training across the partnership. The Safeguarding
Recommendation 2: That the Local Safeguarding Children’s Board take steps to ensure that the range of support available is clear to all professionals who engage in work with children and families. Local Review current support services for families experiencing domestic violence Ensure all staff are aware of services available and have knowledge and understanding of how to access these services for families and offer these services Identify gaps in current provision and develop plan of how to address these gaps to maximise support to families and minimise risk to children and families Sue Hadley, Independent Chair Safeguarding Children’s Board List of support services available Publication / dissemination of above list to all relevant organisations Gaps in service identified Plan developed to address gaps By 01/12/2016 By 31/12/2016 By 31/12/2016 By 28/02/2017 Letter response from LSCB Chair, Sue Hadley dated 17/11/2016. Response: There is a new Domestic Abuse Strategy in Suffolk and the LSCB is supporting and monitoring this. The Suffolk Safer and Stronger Communities Group are overseeing this work and the Action Plan includes mapping commissioning of services to develop quality and consistency of service. The Action Plan also includes raising awareness of Domestic Abuse via a dedicated campaign and associated training across the partnership. The Safeguarding February 2017 – Further letter sent to LSCB Chair, Sue Hadley. The members have requested details of the leading on the Strategy and Action Plan in order to ensure that this work is being taken forward. 14/06/2017 – No response received. Action: Follow up response. 26/10/2017 Information provided
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