Doncaster review

That the Safer Stronger Doncaster Partnership conducts a domestic abuse campaign highlighting the different aspects of domestic abuse – including financial abuse, and referral pathways.

That the Safer Stronger Doncaster Partnership updates domestic abuse website with more information about how family/friends and colleagues can support victims and perpetrators of domestic abuse.

That the Safer Stronger Doncaster Partnership ensures that agencies policies and procedures identify all aspects of domestic abuse and that all staff are aware of their roles and responsibilities in respect of implementing these policies.

That the Safer Stronger Doncaster Partnership share the Domestic Homicide Review report with its substance misuse group to ensure that the learning is incorporated into practice, and the importance of professional curiosity highlighted.

That the Safer Stronger Doncaster Partnership incorporates the learning from this Domestic Homicide Review to into the new sexual abuse training currently being developed.

That the Safer Stronger Doncaster Partnership produces a Joint Domestic Abuse protocol with the Doncaster Safeguarding Boards highlighting the importance of professional curiosity and risk assessment and how to deal with disclosures of sexual abuse.

That Doncaster Clinical Commissioning Group disseminate the learning from this review to all GP’s in respect of the requirement to fully explore and document within patient records where anti-depressants are prescribed, including where there is a diagnosis of depression.

That Doncaster Clinical Commissioning Group ensures that the learning from this review is incorporated into the domestic and sexual abuse training delivered to GP’s.

That the Safer Stronger Doncaster Partnership determines whether its risk assessment tools, and agencies use of them, are effective when dealing with relationships where money and or drugs are exchanged for sex, and whether new interventions are needed.

That the Safer Stronger Doncaster Partnership continues to promote the message that the risk to victims of domestic abuse increases when the power dynamics changed in favour of the victim.

That the Safer Stronger Doncaster Partnership ensures that agencies referral pathway for victims of sexual abuse is accessible for all victims.

To educate drug and alcohol staff and raise awareness on identifying and signposting when trauma /domestic violence is disclosed during clinical contact with patients.

Provide practitioner refresher briefings for working with a range of familial abuse, including broader typologies, relating to adult safeguarding and including financial abuse.

Provide practitioner refresher briefings for working with substance misusers - to reinforce the need to address and not lose sight of broader risk management issues due to the continuous focus on substance abuse for example other relationships, associates and accommodation.

The learning from this review to be disseminated to all staff involved in this case, including in their Supervision, to ensure that the lessons identified are embedded into practice.’

Learning to be disseminated to all those involved in this review within the Sheffield Diocese, ensuring any welfare needs are taken into consideration.

The National Safeguarding Team to be made aware of learning from this review in relation to male victims of domestic abuse and for a review to be undertaken of their policy in relation to male victims of domestic abuse.

Appointment of an Independent role within parishes, for cases when it is identified that the Safeguarding Officer is also the clergy’s spouse and there is a potential conflict of interest.

Additional ‘Responding well to domestic abuse’ training programmes to be delivered.

Parish Safeguarding Audit to review parish’s policy statements in relation to domestic abuse.

Embedding of structured links between parishes and local agencies who respond to domestic abuse.

Review of procedures regarding the residents within Dioceses properties.