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safeguardingAdultsNewsletterOct2015
safeguardingAdultsNewsletterOct2015
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Domestic Abuse<br />
During recent months key partners have<br />
been working together to produce a new<br />
Domestic Abuse Strategy for 2015-18 and<br />
establish priority actions for the next twelve<br />
months. The strategy sets out a vision and<br />
objectives to reduce the incidence and impact<br />
of domestic abuse in Kirklees delivering high<br />
quality services to victims. Working across all<br />
tiers of need, support will be provided from an<br />
early intervention level when issues are first<br />
recognised, through to high risk cases where<br />
impact is likely to be significant.<br />
The strategy has built on national guidelines<br />
and policies and the Domestic Abuse Needs<br />
Assessment undertaken by Kirklees Public<br />
Health earlier this year; it links to wider<br />
Kirklees strategies including the Safer<br />
Stronger Communities Plan, Joint Health<br />
and Wellbeing Strategy and the work of the<br />
Local Safeguarding Children’s Board and<br />
Adults Safeguarding Board. The strategy has<br />
been produced in collaboration with local<br />
managers from the statutory and voluntary<br />
sectors and recently agreed by the Domestic<br />
Abuse Strategy Partnership and endorsed by<br />
the Safer Stronger Communities Executive.<br />
During coming months, it will be shared<br />
on websites and discussed at the Adults<br />
Safeguarding Board and Health and Wellbeing<br />
Board; a presentation was also made in July<br />
to the Local Children’s Safeguarding Board.<br />
Priorities for the first year include:<br />
• Expansion of Independent Domestic<br />
Violence Advocacy Service to meet needs of<br />
people with mental health and substance<br />
misuse problems, targeted support for<br />
young people, support for victims through<br />
domestic violence prevention orders and<br />
in court, help in Accident and Emergency<br />
departments<br />
• Development of targeted campaigns to<br />
raise awareness of domestic abuse<br />
• Agreement of pathways and referral routes<br />
into services at all tiers of need<br />
• As part of a West Yorkshire programme,<br />
increase perpetrator work<br />
• Further analysis of good practice locally<br />
and nationally to improve understanding of<br />
domestic abuse issues, improve support and<br />
inform future commissioning<br />
• Establish gaps in training to shape<br />
workforce development programme<br />
To view the domestic abuse strategy visit:<br />
http://bit.ly/1MWxerP<br />
NEWS<br />
NEWS<br />
FLASH<br />
FLASH<br />
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