CTLP Recommendations Briefing Prevent Safeguarding Referral Form A briefing for Multi-Agency Partnerships CTLP Recommendations Briefing

Prevent Referral Form A new national Prevent Safeguarding referral form has been released. The form is designed to help articulate a safeguarding concern under Prevent where you are worried an individual is at risk from radicalisation. Where possible the referral form should be used with immediate effect and replace ANY versions of the Humberside Prevent referral form you currently have in use, saved on shared drives or organisational intranet sites.

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Background Since the original Humberside Prevent referral form was created in 2013 the CT/DE world has evolved and the Prevent Duty guidance (2015) followed more recently by the Prevent Duty Toolkit for Local Authorities and Partner Agencies (2018) has provided a clearer understanding of the role all partners play in Prevent including identifying and dealing with the initial stages of a concern connected to radicalisation. The work around the Police assessment of any concerns has also developed in line with new national processes, this form will help to complement that work.

Prevent Referral Form The form has been produced by the Home Office and will help to ensure a consistent approach to referrals across the UK, enabling relevant information to be captured in order for an informed assessment to be made. To comply with national policy Humberside Police will be adopting this form with immediate effect. Any referrals received after 1st February using the old form will be returned and the referrer asked to complete a referral using the new form.

Prevent Referral Form The form is in pdf format and allows the referrer to input the details directly into relevant fields. Due to some restrictions with Adobe (depending on the version/access) if you save the blank form it becomes locked preventing you from adding any text, however if you ‘right click & copy’ the form from this E-mail and ‘paste’ it to the location required on organisational shared/personal drives and use the from there it will allow you to add text as intended on each occasion it is opened.

Prevent Referral Form If your organisation would ordinarily upload the referral form to an intranet site/page for staff to access the same principle should be applied, the form should be copied into the relevant area/drive before uploading to the intranet page/site required rather than saved into that location.

Notable Changes The basis of any Prevent referral is that it is made at the conclusion of existing safeguarding procedures conducted by the referring organisation, as the expertise and policies in place may reveal an innocent explanation for the initial concerns therefore negating the need for a referral. Section 8 of the form allows for the referral to be used by staff at each stage of the Notice, Check, Share process, this enables a robust method to be followed when following existing safeguarding procedures before a referral is made, however we are only asking the form to be used when making a referral to the Prevent Team.

Notable Changes If you want to utilise the form for the other stages of the concern being raised in section 8 as part of your existing safeguarding procedures before a referral to the Prevent Team please feel free to do so, however individual process/policies will dictate whether this is feasible or right for your organisation. The following example illustrates how this could look if the form was adopted as part of the early stages of a concern

Notice, Check, Share (Notice) Teacher notices a concern (Check) A referral is made to Head of Year/Safeguarding re: the concerns to check the concerns Relevant safeguarding procedures followed (speak to student, parent, peers, other staff etc..) (Share) If concerns remain or escalate Safeguarding Lead shares the concern and makes a referral to Prevent

Referral Process Ultimately all we can ask is that the form is used to submit a Prevent referral and when submitted the “I’d like this concern to be immediately shared with partner agencies” is the option that should be selected in section 8. As with previous communications please also remember a dual referral to IMAP / FFAP (MASH) when making a referral to the Prevent Team. Once completed the form is sent to Prevent@humberside.pnn.police.uk The only change is the form itself the referral process to Police remains the same.

Example Referrals To help with any training, updated team briefings and guidance example referrals are available from a variety of areas including; Housing University School Hospital Workplace / Office

Referral Form Silver Prevent Leads: Please ensure this form is shared/delivered to those who may require access to it particular those working across different areas of local authorities, health and schools given the large numbers of organisations/departments in these sectors. The form is for use by partner agencies and not to be published on public facing websites.

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Information Sharing Click here This advice is for all frontline practitioners and senior managers working with children, young people, parents and carers who have to make decisions about sharing personal information on a case-by-case basis. The guidance has been updated to reflect the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Data Protection Act 2018, and it supersedes the HM Government Information sharing: guidance for practitioners and managers published in March 2015.

A briefing for Multi-Agency Partnerships New Prevent e-Learning Packages A briefing for Multi-Agency Partnerships

New Prevent e-Learning Prevent* (*updated Winter 2018) Prevent Referrals Channel Awareness Click here Click here Click here

New Prevent e-Learning Specific guidance around making a referral, suitable for all staff in all organisations, Schedule 6 or otherwise. Provides referrers with confidence about making a referral. Informs about responsibility of referring agency to conduct due diligence before a referral is made. Channel e-learning assists with understanding the Channel process and different roles of Channel. Personal certificate produced.

Contact Tel: 101 (x3750) E-Mail: Prevent@humberside.pnn.police.uk If you have questions about the new Prevent Safeguarding referral form please contact the Prevent Team. Tel: 101 (x3750) E-Mail: Prevent@humberside.pnn.police.uk www.humberside.police.uk/prevent