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Forth Valley Public Protection Newsletter, Issue 4, Winter 2017 Forth Valley Public Protection Issue 4 - Winter 2017 Newsletter Welcome to the fourth edition of the Forth Valley Public Protection Newsletter. Inside this Issue Adult Protection ____________ 2 This newsletter has Tyndrum Child Protection ____________ 4 been produced by the Crianlarich Gender Based Violence ______ 7 Public Protection Lochearnhead MAPPA Matters _____________ 9 lead officers across Balquhidder Clackmannanshire, Forth Valley Alcohol and Strathyre Falkirk and Stirling council Drugs Partnership _________ 11 areas and includes national and local information about child protection, adult protection, Callander substance misuse, gender based violence and the Multi-agency Aberfoyle Thornhill Dunblane Public Protection Arrangements. Bridge of Allan Menstrie Alva Dollar Tillicoultry Kippen Gargunnock Tullibody Details of all the multi-agency Clackmannan STIRLING ALLOA Clackmannan partnerships and the lead officers Fallin Bannockburn can be found below. Please do Drymen Balfron Cowie Airth Kincardine contact us if you want further Croftamie Killearn Fintry information or to discuss any of the Stenhousemuir Carronshore Denny Larbert Grangemouth Bonnybridge Bo’ness content of the newsletter further. Strathblane Banknock FALKIRK Laurieston Kilsyth Polmont Shieldhill Brightons Linlithgow California Maddiston Cumbernauld Slamannan Avonbridge Clackmannanshire And Stirling Clackmannanshire and Stirling Falkirk Gender Based Violence Adult Support & Protection Child Protection Committee Partnership Committee Anne Salter Linda Gilliland Graeme Hendry [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 01786 233851 01324 506028 01259 452519 Falkirk Child Protection Stirling Gender Based Violence Falkirk Adult Support & Committee Partnership Protection Committee Evelyn Kennedy Ann Marie Sinclair Ian Kinsley [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 01324 590544 01786 233519 01324 506555 Clackmannanshire Violence Forth Valley Mappa Forth Valley Alcohol And Drugs Against Women Partnership Lee Tait Partnership Gail Cook [email protected] Elaine Brown [email protected] 01324 574933 [email protected] 07746 317640 01786 233542 1 Adult Protection Update on Work of The ASP statistics for 2016/2017 have been finalised recently and submitted to the Scottish Government. There were 540 Falkirk Adult Support ASP referrals, 377 Inquiries, 175 IRDs, 47 Investigations, 15 Initial Case Conferences and 16 Review Case Conferences in and Protection that time. Things that stand out include – by far the highest referrals The work of the Falkirk APC has continued, led by the come from private care home (over 40% of all referrals). This 2016/18 Improvement Plan. is twice the average around Scotland. Our referrals from health sources are 7% - (national average 8%) and from Police Quite a few actions have come to fruition recently. Specifically 2% (national average much higher). In the past five years – a) leaflets for service users subject to ASP investigations and investigations have decreased dramatically whereas inquiries Case Conferences are currently (October) at the printers b) the have increased significantly. Allegations of physical harm are system of seeking service users comments on the ASP process the highest (44%) and financial harm next (22%). (offered by Forth Valley Advocacy) has been finalised (we have identified the first five people we hope will participate) c) the The Falkirk APC will continue to analyse these results and are ASP Practitioners Pages are available (and we are finding the looking to “benchmark” these with other similar Council’s to way to make this accessible to people outwith Falkirk Council) see what we can learn from such comparisons. Self evaluation and d) ASP Practitioners Forum has been re-started (taking work has increased this year. The IRD process has been place on Wednesday 29th November – look out for the email audited every six weeks for some years. We have widened inviting you to attend). Also training for people chairing ASP this and self evaluations on how Police Concern Reports are (and AWI) Case Conferences has been arranged for November managed, the conducting of investigations (joint with Police and in January 2018 also. and social work alone) and also Case Conferences are currently underway and making progress. There also will be a Financial Harm “conference” for service users and informal carers on 13th November 2017. This As always any additional information please contact Ian takes place at the FV Sensory Centre in Camelon between Kinsley ([email protected]). Also remember to look at 2:30pm and 4:30pm. It is aimed at preventing financial harm, the ASP Practitioners Pages (link - http://inside.falkirk.gov.uk/ and will focus on internet “scams”, doorstep crime and also services/social-work/adult-support-protection/) where you demonstrate how to protect yourself when using an ATM. For will increasingly find APC minutes, SCR and MWC reports and more information contact [email protected] the ASP training schedule for the next 6 months. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS FROM SCR – MISS “A” – North Lanarkshire APC Miss A was a 60-year-old single woman further contact between her and Mr B of Miss A to make an informed who had a learning disability. She for four years. Then Miss A advised her decision in respect of her safety lived in supported accommodation support team that she had met Mr B at any time in the period under and received daily support, funded again. She said he was shouting at her review” by North Lanarkshire Council (NLC) and asking for money from her, and that • “… there was no involvement of and paid directly to Provider A, a local she was frightened of him. However the police in what was a criminal provider of supported living services she continued to stress she wanted to matter; and, in not referring the for people with learning disabilities. continue the relationship. matter to the police, there was a Miss A was in a relationship with a On 26th March 2014 Miss A advised decision made by her support team 49-year-old male (Mr B) from the her support team that the relationship without any formal basis that Miss South Lanarkshire area. He also had was off again and she was blocking A would not be a credible witness”. a learning disability, and, on 19 May calls from Mr B but on 29th April she • “An objective assessment of the 2014, Miss A failed to return home advised them that the relationship Adult and Support and Protection after going out to meet this man. had been re-established. On 19th May, (Scotland) Act 2007 should have Her body was later found in the River Miss A advised Provider A staff that she concluded that she comfortably Clyde. Mr B was later found to be unfit intended to travel to see Mr B again. It met the definition of an adult at risk to plead to charges against him and was that day she died. of harm under Section 3 of the Act”. he is currently detained at the State Some quotes from the SCR findings are Hospital, Carstairs. • “There was no real contact • “…. there was ample evidence between the services in the two Miss A’s relationship with Mr B had available to all of the professionals local authority areas (North and lasted from 2007 to 2009 and then involved in supporting her that her South Lanarkshire) at any time again from 2013 until her death in relationship with Mr B was an abusive prior to Miss A’s death and there is 2014. In 2008 she took an overdose, one.” little doubt that this was a missed later telling support staff Mr B had opportunity” been verbally abusive and had struck • “Given the extent of this evidence, her during an argument. It was also had the management of the care You can access the full report at the noted by Provider A staff that there of Miss A been properly exercised, North Lanarkshire APC web page or was bruising on her face, lower back it should have been sufficient to find it here and thighs. justify an investigation and further protective and safeguarding activity. http://www.northlanarkshire.gov. In late April 2009 Miss A indicated uk/adultprotection/CHttpHandler. that the relationship with Mr B had • “…. in spite of that, there was no ashx?id=20517&p=0 ended and there was no apparent formal assessment of the capacity 2 Adult Protection Forth Valley Adult Support and Protection The Service Users Survey is ongoing advantage. They are scheduled to be in relation to our work which should and is proving invaluable is assessing sentenced in October, 2017. yield further practice improvements how our performance is perceived across the partnership. We have identified dates/venues by our client group. So far the results for our financial harm service user’s The Adult Protection Committee are favourable however, we realise seminars as follows: will host an annual seminar which that there are areas for improvement has been scheduled to be held on which we have identified through 13/11/17 - Sensory Centre, Camelon Wednesday 22nd November, 2017 our wider self evaluation framework. 14/11/17 - Lecture Theatre, at the lecture theatre, Community Our approach is one of continuous Community Hospital, Stirling Hospital, Stirling. The theme will service improvement so there will be “Balancing Rights and Risks” always be areas where we are looking 15/11/17 - Council Chambers, with a focus upon listening and to enhance the quality of service Kilncraigs, Alloa engaging with practice dilemmas. provided. The programme will include: A programme has been drafted and Our Forth Valley wide Financial Harm • What is financial harm will be circulated once approved Group has grown in membership by Committee. The event will be and now includes representation • Internet Safety marketed internally providing an from various credit unions and • Trading Standards – Keeping opportunity for practitioners to attend the Citizens Advice Bureau.
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