1. A3 Safeguarding Adults Review
Birmingham Safeguarding Adults Board
A3 Safeguarding Adults Review
Mary Partridge - Coordinator
Safeguarding Adults Review Group.
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2. Presentation Objectives
Awareness of background information
Challenges
Action Plan
Link to wider BSAB audit outcomes, work programme priorities and workshop activities
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3. Summary of Circumstances
25year old lady found dead by partner
Coroner verdict of suicide
Partner worked for Mental Health Trust, alleged to be accessing patient records, issues of coercion, vulnerable adult
Raised as potential SCR (now SAR) and commissioned by BSAB June 2014, SILP model agreed
Management Reviews provided by Mental Health Trust, Aquarius, BCC, HEFT, GP, WMAS and police
Engagement with family
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4. Continued… Challenges along the way - own values Voice of the adult
Missed opportunities – coercive control
Other processes – disciplinary, DBS, GMC
SILP process slower than anticipated
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5. Recommendations
BSAB to work to ensure staff and its partner agencies are aware of how to recognise domestic abuse and how to respond appropriately.
The Board will commission an audit of key staff groups to ascertain their knowledge of domestic abuse pathways for responding to concerns and demonstrating risk assessments by December 2015
BSAB will be assured that all member and partner agencies will have a robust position of trust policy by December 2015 and will ensure these policies are referenced in all training packages by January 2016
Commissioners to monitor individual agency recommendations
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6. Work Streams for BSAB
Domestic abuse knowledge audit to key staff – review of results and required actions
Position of Trust policy – agencies and BSAB
Link to training
Multi-agency Practitioners Forums arranged
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7. Staff questionnaire
Sent across partner agencies October 2015, 237 returns
Results show:
54% not very confident or not confident at all at carrying out DV risk assessment
26% not very confident or not confident at all about identifying indicators of coercive control
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8. Summary Presentation on A3 case brief overview
What do you think are the priorities?
How do we move forward?
Your chance to shape the further
Next part of session is group work….
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9. Thank you for listening…
Thank you for listening…. Questions will be picked up via post-it notes in table top discussions
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