1. Next Day Notification Nottingham City Briefing for Schools and Academies

2. Next Day Notification - Pilot Encompass
Next Day Notification is a process that involves informing schools, the next day of reported domestic abuse incidents where a child has been in the same household or has been affected by this.
The Project Encompass model was developed by other areas and has been tailored model for Nottingham City (e.g. Knowsley, Nottinghamshire).
It provides schools with additional knowledge to understand the root cause of behaviour and to support children.
Next day communication with designated school staff.
Provide schools with knowledge to understand individual circumstances and support where needed.
Operating in Nottingham City from 5th December 2016.
Scale
Almost 20% of all City Primary aged children are recorded on the DART database

3. Police Responses to Domestic Abuse Incidents
Officers attending domestic abuse incidents make a risk assessment
Risk assessment is an on-going process, judgements can change
Domestic abuse incidents will be given a risk rating:
High risk
Medium risk
Standard risk
Domestic Abuse Stalking and Harassment (DASH) Form
Main tool used during risk assessment
Domestic Abuse Support (DAS)
Check risk assessment rating for HIGH risk incidents and share relevant information
Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC)
Meetings about high risk cases referred by agencies

4. What happens when a Next Day Notification phone call is needed?
The Encompass Family Support Worker will call the schools designated person in the morning before a.m.
Basic information will be given to the lead adult
Who was involved
What sort of incident it was (e.g. verbal, physical assault)
Whether the child or young person was present or harmed
What actions the Police or other agencies are taking
What is the level of risk
If the Lead or Deputy for Encompass is not available a message will be left.

5. What Schools and Academies Need
Identify a named member of staff and a deputy (reserve) who can receive the daily phone call before a.m.
Consider appropriate actions and support
Seek advice and support if unsure
Provide feedback on the process for the service to improve implementation

6. Examples of support Education Perspective – PMC
When a school is notified that a child has been present during an incident of Domestic Abuse the school can use this information to better understand and respond to the needs of the child. They are not required to follow up or provide any additional support unless the school deem this necessary. It may be that key staff being aware is the best use of the information. In other cases a school may find that being in receipt of this notification lets them make adjustments or put in school based support to ensure the child thrives in the educational setting. Possible examples of extra support are above in the slide although this is not exhaustive.

7. Case Study – overt support in a secondary school
The contents of the Encompass call were that in the early hours of the morning there had been an incident between mother and father. Mother had been arrested for alleged assault on father. Mother was released from custody prior to three children leaving for school. The early call gave the Key Adult time to establish that the student was year 11 and was due to be sitting an exam that morning.
On arrival to the school the student was approached by the Key Adult and asked how she was feeling about the exam and that we had been made aware of an incident at home.
The student was given the option of taking some time out, having something to eat and
sitting her exam in a quiet space in isolation. The student made the choice after having
something to eat, to sit the exam despite having had very little sleep the night before.
The student achieved her grade. However, in the event that student had not been successful and with the information provided by Encompass the school could have applied for exceptional circumstances to the exam board.

8. Case Study – silent support in an Primary School (KS1)
The encompass call stated that there had been an argument between mother and her partner the previous evening. The Key Adult spoke to his class teacher who was then prepared if the reception child behaved differently that day.
The child arrived at the classroom, with his mother, clutching his bear. His class teacher would normally have either asked him to put the bear in a safe place in the classroom or asked him if he wanted mum to take it home so that he would be safe. She did neither - understanding that his bear had been brought for a reason.
He kept it with him all day. His class teacher quietly supported him throughout the day, working next to him and just letting him know that she was there.
Nobody made any comment about him hugging his bear through the day. It was just enough to get him through to home time.

9. Children and Families Direct
A direct contact point for professionals and families wanting to access early help services in Nottingham City
The 'one stop shop' allows people to access all of our services for Children and Families using just one telephone number or address.
The number to call is:
You can also
A trained Service Adviser will answer the call, understand the enquiry and ensure the caller is connected directly to the service required.
By making it simple to access our services, Nottingham City Council can help provide the right support, at the right time, to meet the needs of Nottingham families.

10. Specialist support for children and young people – Nottingham City
Women’s Aid Integrated services (WAIS) Teen Advocate - Supporting teenagers aged 13 – 17 in their own abusive relationships. WAIS Children refuge and Peripatetic support service - Working in partnership with resident women and key workers to meet the practical and emotional needs of children and young people. Women’s Aid refuges - (children and young people services) WAIS Stronger Families Programme – 12 week therapeutic group work programme for women and their children. Family Care (Sphere) – Therapeutic support for children and young people. Equation - Choices and Know More programmes for young women and men at risk of harming or being harmed in intimate partner relationships. CAMHS Domestic Abuse Specialist Sexual Assault Referral Centre and Rape Crisis - Counselling for young people aged 13 and upwards.
Domestic violence services in Nottinghamshire County are divided
into two areas North and South.
North Nottinghamshire covers Bassetlaw, Mansfi eld, Newark and
Sherwood. Nottinghamshire Women’s Aid Ltd are the lead providers
for services in North Nottinghamshire.
Tel:
South Nottinghamshire covers Ashfi eld, Broxtowe, Gedling and
Rushcliffe. WAIS (Women’s Aid Integrated Services) are the lead
providers for services in South Nottinghamshire.
Tel:
24 hour free Helpline
Text phone 10

11. Specialist support – Contact Details
WAIS (Women’s Aid Integrated Services) Tel: hour free phone helpline Tel: Text phone: Family Care – Sphere Telephone: Equation Telephone:
Not all services are in all areas.
Domestic violence services in Nottinghamshire County are divided
into two areas North and South.
North Nottinghamshire covers Bassetlaw, Mansfield, Newark and
Sherwood. Nottinghamshire Women’s Aid Ltd are the lead providers
for services in North Nottinghamshire.
Tel:
South Nottinghamshire covers Ashfi eld, Broxtowe, Gedling and
Rushcliffe. WAIS (Women’s Aid Integrated Services) are the lead
providers for services in South Nottinghamshire.
Tel:
24 hour free Helpline
Text phone 11

12. Specialist support – Contact Details
Nottingham Central Women’s Aid Tel: at Metropolitan - Amber House Telephone: Web address: Umuada - Women's Support Service Telephone: General Enquiries Tel: SMaRT 24 Hour Helpline:
Not all services are in all areas.
Domestic violence services in Nottinghamshire County are divided
into two areas North and South.
North Nottinghamshire covers Bassetlaw, Mansfield, Newark and
Sherwood. Nottinghamshire Women’s Aid Ltd are the lead providers
for services in North Nottinghamshire.
Tel:
South Nottinghamshire covers Ashfi eld, Broxtowe, Gedling and
Rushcliffe. WAIS (Women’s Aid Integrated Services) are the lead
providers for services in South Nottinghamshire.
Tel:
24 hour free Helpline
Text phone

13. Additional Support School Nursing Early Help Equation BST
PSHE Advisory Team
BST
Equation
Early Help
School Nursing
Health
Targeted Support
Children’s Centre’s
Blank boxes represent additional services – voluntary, localised etc Schools will be aware

14. Specialist Training
Equation offer a range of free multi-agency training, for Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire workers, which include:
Understanding & Responding to Domestic Violence and Abuse (formerly DVAA)
Challenging Domestic Violence and Abuse – Working with Perpetrators (delegates must have attended the above course within the last 3 years)
Improving Skills for Working with Male Perpetrators of Domestic Violence (delegates must have attended both the above courses).
Not all services are in all areas.
Domestic violence services in Nottinghamshire County are divided
into two areas North and South.
North Nottinghamshire covers Bassetlaw, Mansfield, Newark and
Sherwood. Nottinghamshire Women’s Aid Ltd are the lead providers
for services in North Nottinghamshire.
Tel:
South Nottinghamshire covers Ashfi eld, Broxtowe, Gedling and
Rushcliffe. WAIS (Women’s Aid Integrated Services) are the lead
providers for services in South Nottinghamshire.
Tel:
24 hour free Helpline
Text phone

15. Useful Links
Equation – Operation Encompass - MARAC – Children and Families Direct – Domestic and Sexual Violence Helpline (for survivors and professionals seeking advice)

16. Children Missing Education
Karen McAndrew - EWS

17. Children Missing Education
The Education and Inspections Act 2006 placed a duty on all Local Authorities in England and Wales for them to make arrangements to identify children missing education in their area. The duty and statutory guidance came into force in England in February 2007.
The statutory guidance (revised ) for Local Authorities to identify children not receiving a suitable education was issued by DCSF in January 2009.
Further statutory guidance ‘Children Missing Education’ September 2016

18. Children Missing from Education are defined as:
‘ Children of compulsory school age who are not on a school roll, not placed in alternative provision by a Local Authority, and who are not receiving a suitable education at home’

19. When to refer
School should refer any child who they may be considering removing from their roll whether the onward school is known or not
If attendance at onward school is confirmed, send details to
If onward school is unknown, send completed referral to (on line referral can be found at )
After 20 days of absence and efforts by both school and CME Officers to find the child prove unsuccessful, the CME Officer will consult the school when or whether to remove their name from the school roll

20. Grounds to remove a pupil from roll
Deleting a pupil of compulsory school age from the school admission register (Education(pupil Registration) (England) Regulation 2006Section 8’
Children Missing Education – Statutory Guidance (annex A)

21. Referrals to CME CME– ONLINE REFERRAL FORM
2015/16 – September to March (FOI)
42,900 school age pupils in Nottingham City
484 pupils were removed in-year from school rolls without a know destination
315 pupils successfully traced
169 pupils not traced

22. Pupil Registration Amendments 2016
All schools are affected by the amendments
Schools will be required to inform the Local authority about all additions to the school register outside of normal transition times i.e. Reception and Year 7.
Schools will inform the LA within 5 days of admitting the child to the school.
Schools when admitting children will be expected whenever possible to obtain details of the previous school and address of the child, whether in this country or abroad

23. Children Missing Education
Education Welfare Officers Charlie Borrington – / Wayne Smith / Team Manager – Tracey Cross / CME– ONLINE REFERRAL FORM