Adult and Child Protection arrangements in Edinburgh Presentation to EVOC 2015 Kate Fennell, Adult Protection Lead Officer Sean Byrne, Child Protection Lead Officer

2 Overview Public Protection in Edinburgh Adult Protection Child Protection Public Awareness Campaign EVOC as partners Questions

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4 The Public Protection information sharing jigsaw A Practitioner Guide to Information Sharing, Confidentiality and Consent to Support Children and Young People’s Wellbeing: Edinburgh and Lothians (2014) Text here

5 Adult Protection Committee CEC; NHSL and Police Scotland Care Inspectorate and Mental Welfare Commission EVOC Scottish Fire and Rescue Services Links with National Groups (WithScotland; National Convenors Group, Social Work Scotland)

6 Adult Protection Committee Strategic Role develop and keep under review policies, procedures and protocols for protecting adults at risk in the City of Edinburgh improve the skills and knowledge of staff providing services to adults at risk improve local ways of working in light of knowledge gained through local and national experience, case reviews and research raise awareness and provide information and advice to the wider community

7 Quality Assurance (Offender Management & Adult Protection) Promoting, sharing, developing and improving practice Activities are informed by research evidence, audits and inspections, self evaluation, significant case reviews and mental welfare investigations.

8 AP Learning and Development Group Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Services for Communities Church of Scotland EVOC Trading Standards NHS Scottish Care

9 Edinburgh Child Protection Committee Close relationships with a range of national bodies, including WithScotland, Scottish Government and Child Protection Committees Scotland. The core agencies of the CPC fulfil statutory functions. The core functions of the CPC are continuous improvement, strategic planning, public information and communication. The role of all member organisations is to contribute to the delivery of these core functions as per s of the National Guidance for Child Protection in Scotland (2014).s of the National Guidance for Child Protection in Scotland (2014)

10 Local Context EVOC representatives bring a range of skills, experience, background and perspective to complement the other agencies around the table (e.g. partnership arrangement on the new CSE guidance with Barnardo’s; and the inter-agency training concerned with engaging effectively with fathers). EVOC representation on the Child Protection Committee and each sub-committee: –Learning & Development –Quality Assurance –Communications

11 Self Evaluation Quality indicators set out in How well do we protect children and meet their needs?; published by HMIE in 2009 are designed to cover key aspects of the work of Child Protection Committees and services involved in protecting children. Quality indicators set out in How well are we improving the lives of children, young people and families? published by the Care inspectorate in 2014 are designed to cover key aspects of the work of Community Planning Partnerships in the delivery of services for children, young people and families

Child protection referrals Child protection case conferences Children on Child Protection Register Children looked after at home Children looked after away from home

13 The protection referral process Referral Inter-agency referral discussion (IRD) Investigation Plan and Review ` Case conference

14 Speak Up – Speak Out Public Awareness Campaign Consultation workshops Public Protection Focus Clear language and reassuring messages Series of mini (targeted) campaigns 125 calls to SCD have been directly attributed to the campaign 2,500 website hits

15 Campaign designs Leaflet covers Specific campaign posters

16 Campaign Aug-13: older people soft launch 01-Oct-13: general campaign launch 25-Nov-13: effects of domestic abuse on women and children 11-Feb-14: keeping safe online and on your phone 09-Sep-14: children affected by drugs and alcohol 06-Feb-15: harmful traditional practices (e.g. FGM, honour crimes, forced marriage etc) 26-Nov-15: Launch of sexual exploitation

17 Domestic abuse campaign

18 Safer internet campaign

19 Children affected by alcohol and drugs

20 Campaign achievements safer internet campaign achieved high profile media coverage from BBC Reporting Scotland and STV news, Evening News, Scottish Daily Mail, Radio Forth and Real Radio campaign promoted by over 200 third sector organisations and support services which display posters or promote online or through social media great stakeholder engagement shown with over 100 tweets and Facebook updates posted on our behalf.

21 How EVOC contributes to Public Protection Representation of the Adult Protection Committee, Child Protection Committee and sub-committees. Contribution to self-evaluation Direct involvement in work streams Involvement in Speak Up – Speak Out campaign. Training Reporting concerns

22 How we most effectively engage the voluntary sector in effective partnership working to protect children, young people and adults at risk

23 How we maximise the contribution to public protection the voluntary sector

24 How do we engage better locally with the voluntary sector in relation to public protection.

25 “Voluntary organisations are often in an ideal position to engage with those children and families who are suspicious of statutory interventions” (s.242 National Guidance for Child Protection in Scotland (2014).

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