Develop clear pathways from Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub to Children Services June 2018 external and internal services ensuring a swift coordinated response. Improve the services and support for all victims inclusive of their Children’s Services December children and ensure there is a whole-family response to Adult Services 2018 disclosures of domestic abuse and sexual violence that includes TSCB age-appropriate children and young people interventions, DASV Operational alongside programmes for families. Explore opportunity for co-located services to increase rapid DASV Operational November sharing of information and risk assessments to provide a holistic, Group 2018 seamless and effective response to domestic abuse and sexual Commissioning Team violence. Improve assessment processes in adult focused services Adult services September (including mental health and substance misuse) to provide Devon Partnership 2018 opportunity to identify children and young people for whom Trust clients have parental or carer responsibility, or to whom they have access. Provide a dedicated social worker trained in using the Domestic Children Services May 2018 Abuse Stalking and Harassment Risk Assessment Checklist. Delivery of effective community education such as CRUSH to IYSS July 2018 increase awareness and understanding of healthy relationships, Children Services domestic and sexual abuse. YOT TSCB Theme 3: Provision of support Action By whom? By when? Ensure the commissioning of an appropriate range of support Commissioning team September (core offer) to meet the needs of Torbay and these services are DASV operational 2018 communicated to all stakeholders group Build community capacity to respond to domestic abuse and TSCB and TSAB July 2018 sexual violence develop training, support and quality Training Boards – assurance mechanisms to develop existing practice across the DASV Operational statutory and community/voluntary sector Group Embed an appropriate response model across organisations Early Help Children August (e.g. inform-enable-support) to respond at an early stage for Services 2018 families and deinstitutionalise response DASV Operational Group IYSS YOT Health Commission and promote whole-family approach that Commissioning team September incorporates appropriate interventions and programmes (link to 2018 protection of children and young people) Victims to receive personalised support through the Independent IDVA service April 2018 Domestic Violence Advisors (IDVA’s). DASV Operational group Increase delivery of education around healthy relationships, IYSS March domestic and sexual confidence and assertiveness YOT 2018 DASV Operational Group Schools Health
Develop clear pathways from Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub to external and internal services ensuring a swift coordinated response. Children Services June 2018 Improve the services and support for all victims inclusive of their children and ensure there is a whole-family response to disclosures of domestic abuse and sexual violence that includes age-appropriate children and young people interventions, alongside programmes for families. Children’s Services Adult Services TSCB DASV Operational December 2018 Explore opportunity for co-located services to increase rapid sharing of information and risk assessments to provide a holistic, seamless and effective response to domestic abuse and sexual violence. DASV Operational Group Commissioning Team November 2018 Improve assessment processes in adult focused services (including mental health and substance misuse) to provide opportunity to identify children and young people for whom clients have parental or carer responsibility, or to whom they have access. Adult services Devon Partnership Trust September 2018 Provide a dedicated social worker trained in using the Domestic Abuse Stalking and Harassment Risk Assessment Checklist. Children Services May 2018 Delivery of effective community education such as CRUSH to increase awareness and understanding of healthy relationships, domestic and sexual abuse. IYSS Children Services YOT TSCB July 2018 Theme 3: Provision of support Action By whom? By when? Ensure the commissioning of an appropriate range of support (core offer) to meet the needs of Torbay and these services are communicated to all stakeholders Commissioning team DASV operational group September 2018 Build community capacity to respond to domestic abuse and sexual violence – develop training, support and quality assurance mechanisms to develop existing practice across the statutory and community/voluntary sector TSCB and TSAB Training Boards DASV Operational Group July 2018 Embed an appropriate response model across organisations (e.g. inform-enable-support) to respond at an early stage for families and deinstitutionalise response Early Help Children Services DASV Operational Group IYSS YOT Health August 2018 Commission and promote whole-family approach that incorporates appropriate interventions and programmes (link to protection of children and young people) Commissioning team September 2018 Victims to receive personalised support through the Independent Domestic Violence Advisors (IDVA’s). IDVA service DASV Operational group April 2018 Increase delivery of education around healthy relationships, domestic and sexual confidence and assertiveness IYSS YOT DASV Operational Group Schools Health March 2018
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