Hartlepool review

Cleveland Police review their domestic abuse training for officers and staff to satisfy themselves and the Safer Hartlepool Partnership that it effectively encompasses and addresses the hidden signs of domestic abuse.

Cleveland Police ensure that the decision-making rationale for prioritisation of investigations is clearly recorded.

Cleveland Police review the governance and oversight of investigations with regard to timeliness and ensuring all available evidence is captured.

TEWV to ensure all frontline staff attend Domestic Abuse training focussing on staff always considering potential vulnerabilities of other members of the household when undertaking assessments of a patient’s mental health and associated risks encouraging the adoption of a think family approach..

TEWV to provide guidance to staff when working with the perpetrator of domestic violence and including this within the Domestic Abuse policy.

TEWV to ensure effective supervision processes are in place so that when a carers assessment is offered that it is completed.

When there is multi-agency involvement in a patient’s case, TEWV to ensure open channels of communication should be maintained with all agencies involved.

When there is multi-agency involvement in a patient’s case, TEWV to ensure any alerts pertaining to potential risks should be shared across all agencies.

All safeguarding concerns should be recorded in line with TEWV processes, policies and procedures.

TEWV to review their risk assessment arrangements to ensure it captures new information and intelligence.

NHS England (North) share the MHHR report when finalised with the Safer Hartlepool Partnership to ensure co-ordination between relevant recommendations.

The Safer Hartlepool Partnership to seek assurance that the 11 recommendations from the Cleveland Police internal review are implemented.

Cleveland Police should engage with partner agencies, particularly the National Probation Service, in reviewing multi-agency knowledge and where appropriate involvement in the identification and management of a PDP.

Once the above has been achieved all agencies to ensure that their staff are aware of the PDP policy and process.

All agencies to review their policy on encouraging professional challenge and ensure staff are confident to do so including encouraging and listening to challenge from third sector organisations.

The Safer Hartlepool Partnership to review the effectiveness of Prevent training and that multi-agency staff recognise when and how to make a referral.

All agencies to ensure that staff recognise the increased vulnerability of carers who have a child(ren) taken into a care and how they may not seek help or disclose risks to themselves when in the process of seeking to get the child(ren) back.

As above but for carers worried about having a child(ren) taken into care.

The Safer Hartlepool Partnership to share this DHR report with the Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence and Multiple Disadvantage.

The Home Office to consider placing the guidance for the identification and management of PDP’s on a statutory footing to mirror MAPPA to prevent differing practices across England and Wales