1. FRAME: Framework for Risk Assessment Management and Evaluation IAFMHS – Barcelona 2011 Mark McSherry Head of Development Heather Irving Standards and Guidance Lead

2. Background

3. What is FRAME? “A consistent shared framework that promotes defensible and ethical risk assessment and management practice that is proportionate to risk, legitimate to role, appropriate for the task in hand and is communicated meaningfully”

4. Foundations Guiding Language Practice principles of risk Standards What is FRAME? Balancing rights Proportionality Evidence-based practice Individualised Rights based approach Transparent and inclusive

5. FRAME OBJECTIVES FRAMEWORK for RISK ASSESSMENT, MANAGEMENT and EVALUATION To develop an agreed risk assessment and management framework that supports multi-agency practice through a shared understanding of roles and responsibilities, process and language of risk. To establish agreed standards of practice, guidelines, and evaluation in support of consistent, meaningful and proportionate risk assessment and management practice which supports the principles of defensible decision making and which spans agencies, systems and offender groups. To inform Policy decisions relating to risk assessment and management with learning from national and international research and practice. To promote implementation integrity by incorporating agreed quality assurance and evaluation mechanisms. To ensure risk assessment is performed in a manner that evidences defensible decision making and the efficient use of resources.

6. Practice Standards Risk Assessment Planning and Responding to Change Risk Management Measures Partnership Working Quality Assurance

7. Practice Standard One - Risk Assessment Scan Examine Scrutinise

8. Practice Standard Three - Risk Management Measures Limited Heightened Intensive measures

9. Practice Standard Five - Quality Assurance Multi-agency Organisational Individual

10. Challenges Policy PracticeResearch

11. FRAME - Next steps… LS/CMI, Stable and Acute 2007 MAPPA Competency framework Risk Management training Legislative consultation Review of inspection agency models

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13. Thank you / gracias! Website: http://www.rmascotland.gov.uk FRAME policy paper: http://www.rmascotland.gov.uk/try/frame/ Mark McSherry: Mark.McSherry@RMAscotland.gsi.gov.uk Heather Irving: Heather.Irving@RMAscotland.gsi.gov.uk