Who we are and what we do?

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2 Who we are and what we do? Partnership (Gentoo, Peabody, Standing Together) Development and dissemination of accreditation process for housing providers in order to improve national response to domestic abuse Standards cover 8 priority areas

3 Standing Together Coordinated Community Response- focused on work in west London Criminal justice Children and health Mental Health MARAC Housing Strategic and operational coordination National training & consultancy work Domestic homicide reviews

4 Peabody Trained over 41 Housing Providers nationally Increase in reporting of domestic abuse 1425% in last 8 years DA Satisfaction rates: : 72.7% : 90%

5 Gentoo BIG Project Perpetrator Programme Innovated - Cause for Concern Art of Living survey proactive approach to tackling domestic abuse

6 Why get Involved? Save lives and improve an organisation s response to individuals experiencing domestic abuse Getting Domestic Abuse on the housing agenda: Housing is ideally placed identify, recognise & prevent domestic abuse in their properties Improve staff confidence to deal with DA

7 The Accreditation Process Desk Top Review Meeting with SMT Case Audit Staff Interviews DAHA Report Meeting to feedback on Findings Review Meeting (12 months on)

8 8 Priority Areas Policy Procedures Case Management, Monitoring & Evaluation Risk Management Inclusivity & Accessibility Holding Perpetrators to account Partnership working Training Publicity & Awareness

9 Questions?

10 Gudrun (Guddy) Burnet

11 Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conferences (MARAC) 11

12 Marac MARAC is a monthly meeting between all organisations that are involved with victims of domestic abuse Currently over 270 Maracs operate across the UK, managing over 62,000 cases a year. They come together and discuss the highest risk cases identified in the area in the last month 12 minutes per case identify risk and form a safety plan IDVA brings the victims voice to the meeting 12

13 Risk identification is the process of looking at what the possible outcomes might be from any identified hazard or threat, using a combination of known information and informed judgement. (Regan et al 2007) 13

14 Methods to identify risk Visible Risk predicting from knowledge. based on risk factors. uses a tool and evidence based approach. informs professional judgement. Professional Judgement uses knowledge & professional experience. can be based on victims perception. utilises observation and assessment. Escalation in severity and frequency 14

15 Visible risk factors Child contact Financial problems Perpetrator threatens suicide Perpetrator problems with drugs, alcohol and mental health Pregnancy Aggravating factors Historical patterns of behaviour Criminal history History of hurting others Previous broken bail, breach of order Separation Use of Weapons Threats to kill Specific factors associated with an incident Victim s perception of risk Fear in relation to self and others Fears for or threats to pet Nature of the abuse Sexual abuse Jealous and controlling behaviour Isolation Stalking Abuse getting worse and happening more often Strangulation Involvement of others 15

16 Enabling Environment Routine Enquiry Domestic Abuse Identified RIC Completed 9 ticks or less ticks 14 ticks or more Professional Judgment and Escalation Local DV Services Safety Information National Helplines Specialist & Universal Services Idva Helplines Specialist Services Idva Specialist services Statutory Responsibilities Refer to MARAC 16

17 The process Practitioner to Representative Representative to Practitioner Identify & Risk assess Referral Research Marac Meeting Information Sharing & Action planning Implement & feedback Idva / High risk victim and their children / Idva Other DV victims local services CAADA 17

18 National picture National figures (January 2015 December 2015) National Number of Maracs 284 Number of cases discussed 80,592 Change in No. of Cases since last year +6% Cases per 10,000 of adult female population 33 Number of children in Household associated with cases discussed 102,869 % Marac repeats 25% % Non-police referrals into Marac 36% 18

19 National housing referrals to Marac: January 2010 September 2015 In 2014 there was a considerable increase in housing referrals to Marac, with many regions almost doubling the number of Marac referrals from housing 19

20 Marac National dataset Marac referrals from Housing, Oct 14 Sept 15 No. of Housing referrals % of total referrals East Midlands 92 2% Eastern 176 2% London 458 5% North East 200 4% North West 374 3% South East 217 2% South West 127 2% Wales 60 1% West Midlands 86 2% Yorkshire & Humber 340 4% National 2,145 3% From our national Insights dataset 13/14 collected from Idvas, 2% of referrals were from housing. Almost half (45%) of supported victims needed received support with their housing 20

21 In plain sight: policy and research reports: 21

22 Going Forwards Provide an safe environment for disclosure of abuse Identify victims of abuse. Complete the SafeLives risk checklist with clients were domestic abuse is identified (or refer to a specialist service). Implement my responsibilities in relation to risk identification and risk management. Identify risk and respond appropriately including referral to Marac and Idva for high risk clients. Determine internal and local processes that support professionals to increase the safety of victims of abuse. 22