Kingston upon Hull review

By November 2018 training to be delivered to DAP Support Workers to increase awareness of the impact of domestic abuse on victims from BMER communities and to explore cultural norms and expectations.

In June 2018, training audit to be completed to ensure all DAP Support Service Support Workers have completed substance misuse training.

Further training input about the use of F125’s. There is evidence to suggest that officers are still unsure as to when to submit a form.

Further training around risk assessing Domestic incidents. Officers who attend incidents are still looking at incidents in their single form and not holistically.

Further training around what constitutes a vulnerable adult and what is vulnerability.

Continue to work towards finding further information and or training around the benefit entitlement for EEA nationals to prevent any future women in similar circumstances falling into arrears/debt.

Housing officers to make it clear to women in similar circumstances that they can refer them to a different agency for domestic abuse support as that may make the woman feel less beholden to the organisation they are in arrears with.

Continue to work towards finding further information and or training around the benefit entitlement for EEA nationals to prevent any future women in similar circumstances falling into arrears/debt.

Housing officers to make it clear to women in similar circumstances that they can refer them to a different agency for domestic abuse support as that may make the woman feel less beholden to the organisation they are in arrears with.

Risk assessments need to be completed taking into account all available information to ensure the assessment is as comprehensive and current as is possible.

Consideration needs to be given to the imposition of additional license conditions in all cases that are subject to other Orders such as Restraining Orders in order to reinforce those conditions and further protect the victim.

In cases that are subject to additional Orders such as Restraining Orders, sentence plan objectives should be set to further encourage compliance with those identified conditions / prohibitions.

Supervising officers need to ensure that all additional requested license conditions are applied to the actual release license; and take prompt action in those cases where conditions are missing. This will ensure that ensure that prompt enforcement action can be taken in cases of non-compliance.

The Trust is implementing a three-year ‘Routine Enquiry’ systematic roll out programme to areas not currently implementing ’Routine Enquiry’. This will be completed in or before 2021/2022

Within 3 months of the onset of this enquiry, awareness training will be delivered to key staff in the DSU departments at HRI and CHH. This has been completed

At the earliest opportunity the outcomes of this report will be shared with the Safeguarding Committee and members will cascade outcomes to key staff in the clinical areas.

That training on CSC Assessments should be reviewed to ensure that it emphasises the need to capture parents/carers’ background histories and their own experiences of being parented, to be underpinned by comprehensive genograms. By July 2018

For there to be awareness raising/ training made available to social workers regarding different Eastern European countries and their cultures and/or access to such expertise to inform assessments and interventions. By September 2018.

When parents who require interpreters in formal meetings, also attend core groups, interpreters should also be provided in these meetings unless the parent/s are very clear that they can understand multiple speakers and do not want an interpreter to attend. This needs to be incorporated into training and procedures. By September 2018.

Within 12 months, the practice will review and update the domestic abuse policy and guidance, this will include roles and responsibilities of the Domestic Abuse/Violence lead.

Within 12 months, the practice will provide domestic abuse training for all staff.

Within 6 months, the practice will appoint a designated person who is trained in the use of a Domestic Violence Risk Assessment tool such as the DASH.