Tower Hamlets review

The Home Office to review funding arrangements for the provision of specialist and expert advocacy for the families of victims who reside outside of the UK.

The Tower Hamlets CSP to write to the professional services company to share the findings of the DHR. In writing this letter, the Tower Hamlets CSP should express their disappointment at the professional services company’s failure to participate in the DHR and request they review their procedures to ensure they can participate in DHRs in the future.

The Home Office to engage with the Corporate Alliance Against Domestic Violence and the Employers’ Initiative on Domestic Abuse to review the effectiveness of existing guidance and support for employers in order to promote involvement in DHRs.

The Tower Hamlets CSP to work with local partners to review the findings from this DHR and develop the response to AFV locally. This should include considering evidence of need locally and identifying the actions that agencies can take individually and collectively and completing a training needs assessment to identify the skills and training that professionals require to respond.

The MO12 SLT task the CPIC to review the policies and procedures whereby callers to MO12 MPS Contact Centre are recorded as having perceived vulnerabilities but no ACN or MERLIN record is completed. This is in order to ensure that sufficient safeguarding measures are taken in these circumstances.

The North East SLT reinforce the requirement for all staff: • To understand the Vulnerability and protection of adults at risk policy; • To understand the VAF; and • To complete ACN Merlin reports where they have identified vulnerability whether they are a victim, witness, suspect or member of the public they have encountered using VAF.

The Central East BCU SLT reinforce the requirement for all staff: • To understand the Vulnerability and protection of adults at risk policy; • To understand the VAF; and • To complete ACN Merlin reports where they have identified vulnerability whether they are a victim, witness, suspect or member of the public they have encountered using VAF.

The processes for Intermediate Market Rent Tenancy sign-ups to be reviewed. The Review to ensure that our internal and external checks include identification of multiple tenancies and subletting. This action to be added to MTVH’s Operational Risk Register.

The Sustainability and Vulnerabilities Questionnaire will be included as part of the standard operating procedure for all new tenancies.

A Learning from Experience case study to be prepared and shared through reflective practice sessions. This will include a refresher in tenancy management for sublets; reporting compliance for violent & unexplained deaths; Safeguarding emphasis on professional curiosity with focus on debt, financial hardship and related vulnerabilities.

Operational team meetings to have an item on required reporting compliance for violent & unexplained deaths.

Briefing on violence between siblings and inter-generational conflicts in the context of domestic abuse, to be added as good practice in our DA training content.

Information about the availability of structured & clinical supervision to support colleagues who experience traumatic events at work, to be publicised as part of the Employee Assistance Programme.

All recommendations to be added to the Multi-Agency Recommendations Action Plan.

That METRO Charity staff and volunteers are provided with training on the intersection of culture, faith, sexual orientation, gender and family, particularly those who are in mentoring and counselling roles.