NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED Inter-Agency Working The Role of the Police Detective Inspector Adrian Todd

NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED Critical Incidents? VOLUME IMPACT High Low High

NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED Public Protection Unit Child Abuse Domestic Abuse Offender Management Vulnerable Adults

NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED Victoria Climbie & Peter Connelly

NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED The Bichard Enquiry

NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED Gabby & Ryan Grady

NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED Categories of Child Abuse Physical Emotional Sexual Neglect

NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED Safeguarding Activity Referral Strategy Meeting Section 47 Investigation Child Protection Conference Multi Agency Case File Audits

NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) A multi agency forum to share information and manage the risks to victims Victim focused

NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED MARAC Aims To reduce the risk of serious harm or homicide To increase the safety, health & well being of victims – Adults & Children To improve safety for partner agency workers

NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED MARAC Threshold Visible High Risk Escalation Professional Judgement

NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED How Does MARAC Work? MARAC meets monthly Victims can be referred in by all agencies Independent Domestic Violence Advocates (IDVAs) represent the victims Partner Agencies research their databases Information is shared & an Action Plan is devised

NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED A Typical High Risk Case Will Cost £10,000 6 Police call outs 8 GP visits 6 Prescriptions 4 A & E attendances for minor wounding 2 A & E attendances for serious wounding 12% of A & E attendance is as a result of Domestic Abuse Police & CPS involvement

NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED Domestic Abuse Statistics 15% of all violent crime 1 in 6 men 2 women are murdered each week 35% of all murders 120,000 victims annually 70% of victims have children

NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED West Mercia Multi-Agency Protocol for the Management of SUDDEN & UNEXPECTED DEATHS IN INFANTS & CHILDREN

NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED What is an Unexpected Death? The death of a child: a) Which was not anticipated as a significant possibility 24 hours before the death, or b) Where there was a similarly unexpected collapse leading to or precipitating the events which led to the death.

NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED Objectives of Rapid Response To establish a cause of death (in conjunction with HM Coroner) To identify contributory factors To support the family

NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED Categories of Childhood Deaths Expected deaths from natural causes Unexpected deaths from natural causes Unexpected deaths that remain unexplained Accidents/RTC Homicides Suicides

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