Lincoln review

SIOs should be reminded of the need to consider safeguarding policies and procedures during murder investigations and of the resources available to them in the Public Protection Unit Central Referral Unit for advice, guidance and co-ordination with partner agencies.

Lincolnshire Police should take steps to raise the awareness of all officers and staff as to the value of the PND and ensure that policies, procedures and guidelines in respect of its use in DA cases are complied with.

To audit paediatric and A & E records to assess whether information relating to those who are accompanying a child into hospital is adequately recorded.

Lessons learned from this review will be taken forward through the newly formed contract management arrangements and assurance sought that the necessary protocols and controls are in place to ensure that practitioners have the requisite competence and skill to recognise and act upon DA.

Where DA within a family is recognised and entered into the child`s records through Children’s Services e.g. HV SN and maternity services or following a conviction a further entry should be recorded, flagged and linked to the parents records.

LCHS to audit whether the routine enquiry of DA and appropriate action is now embedded as part of all practitioners practice.

The school to provide evidence that it has an effective system in place for allocating cases to the Parent Support Advisor and for monitoring, recording and feeding back to senior management.

Schools will review their Safeguarding Policy in line with the recently amended model policy provided by the Local Authority and taking into consideration the guidance on the new Ofsted inspections.

That the Safeguarding Officer in all schools is trained in Domestic Abuse.

Ensure all staff inviting both parents to joint meetings understand that where parents are estranged and there is potential for conflict or coercive control that the potential risk of that activity is recognised and merited and careful consideration is given to how such a meeting is managed

The Domestic Abuse Screening Tool now used in Health visiting in NLAG to be expanded to also be used for "movement in contacts" to assist in the early identification of DA.

All Health Visitors to receive DASH training to ensure that they are equipped in the identification and assessment of DA.

Health Visiting Managers to remind practitioners to utilise The Interpreting and Translation Services Policy for work with those for whom English is not their first language in accordance with North Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust Policy.

Review Health Visitor recording to confirm it is completed using the SBAR format following contact with Children and Young People`s Services

Review the North Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust guidance for the transfer of community health records for children with additional/safeguarding needs.

The Community Safety Partnership through the DA protocol and training to ensure practitioners are aware of the need to consider the effect of cultural differences experienced by those suffering DA to improve service delivery and understanding.

To offer training to Solicitors who work on divorce, custody and contact arrangements where DA is an issue. The purpose of the training would be to improve the awareness that parental separation is a known risk factor which increases risk in DA situations and to challenge the thinking that abusive behaviour can be separated from parenting ability in the assessment of risk.

Consider developing DA help lines in a range of languages for those for whom English is not a first language in order to facilitate the disclosure of DA and enable access to services that aim to support and work towards protection of the victim and family.