Mina Cobbinah

Meghan Field

To ensure that practitioners and survivors inform the service specification for the Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Integrated Support Service (ISS) going forward

Consider how services could work together and what specialisms are needed to deliver the VAWG ISS

To bring organisations and partnerships together to potentially deliver the service

The Tri- Borough (TB) VAWG Transition Programme

• TB MOPAC Submission

• TB VAWG Needs Assessment

• TB Strategy and Governance

Population Data

TB VAWG Service Provision

In 2010, 3 inner London councils (The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham and the City of Westminster) decided to merge to form the TB area to "combine services to tackle common problems, improve people's lives and make public money go further”.

Ambitious programme: Pooling resources and expertise to pioneer new ways of delivering joined-up public services while saving the taxpayer £33.4 million by 2015/16. TB is about improving lives and saving money.

DV/VAWG:◦ Summer 2013: Obtained MOPAC funding for streamlining VAWG

services◦ Jan 2014: Needs assessment published with 21 recommendations ◦ April 2014: TB VAWG Workshop and formation of Strategic Board◦ 2014/15: Moving to TB VAWG governance system, strategy and

frontline response Over the next 12 months we will bring together the most impactful

parts of each borough’s response to deliver a TB Coordinated Community Response to VAWG.

560,538 residents across the TB area in total

50.3% Females

49.7% Males

86,596 Children under age 16

Asian Group: “Indians” make up 2.4% in the Tri-B “Chinese” make 2.3% in the Tri-B “Other Asian”) 2.4% in the Tri-B

Black Group: “Africans” make up 4.5% in the Tri-B “Caribbean” make up 2.6% in the Tri-B

Other Group: “Arabs” make up 4.9% in the Tri-B

Source Census 2011, ONS

Definition

Agreeing Outcomes

Single point of triage

Open Referral System

Encouraging co-location of specialist provision with mainstream frontline services

Improving Education Provision

Commissioning should be needs-led and outcomes focused

Including the voice of victims / survivors

Whole system monitoring approach and information sharing

Central nominated and appropriately skilled officer responsible for data collection and management information

Assessing need and prevalence Embedding VAWG into other needs assessments Developing training Encouraging ownership by agencies Directory of VAWG services Improving information about services Mapping mainstreamed service provision SMART strategic plan linked to other frameworks System review if moving towards a Tri-borough approach Appropriate representation in new strategic framework Creation of a TB VAWG coordinator role

Full document: http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/pdf/Tri-borough%20VAWG%20needs%20assessment%20final%20210114%20(2).pdf

Violence against women and girls brings together 10 strands of policy under the one umbrella term. These are:

1. Domestic violence and abuse2. Sexual violence including rape3. Stalking 4. Sexual harassment 5. Prostitution and trafficking6. Female genital mutilation (FGM)7. Forced marriage8. ”Honour” based violence9. Sexual exploitation 10. Faith based abuse

Response: Reviewing provision to survivors and measuring effectiveness of this response (sector based data and performance monitoring); survivors should be believed and not judged and services should be consistent, personalised, and confidential and lead to survivors feeling and being safer in both the short and long-term)

Community: Communications, community engagement, prevention, awareness raising events; Contributes to the community prioritising tackling VAWG, being safer for women and girls and having people take responsibility if they encounter abuse and know how to help family/ friends/ neighbours).

Practitioners: Developing best practice, VAWG training, sector based support for practitioners and innovation in delivery

Access: Ensuring accessibility and timely availability of services to a wide range of survivors

Children and Young People: Are supported to understand healthy relationships and acceptable behaviour and supported if they witness or are subject to abuse

Perpetrators: Are held to account and are supported to reform

Justice and Protection: For victims and their families and holds perpetrators to account

VAWG Strategic Board and 5 transition groups meetings (Procurement, Training, Governance, Communications and Data)

Draft 2015 governance structure under consultation; To be agreed on 2 Sept 2014

Sovereign borough strategies/action plans in place until March 2015

TB VAWG Strategy to be written and consulted on Oct 2014-Feb 2015 and published in March 2015 for start date of 1 April 2015

ADVANCE IDVA Service and Minerva Project

Westside Support Victim Support Hestia Refuge and floating

support Al-Hasaniya African Women’s Care Al-Aman DVIP ASCENT North and West London

Rape Crisis (SWA and WGN) Woman’s Trust Midaye ECAT Project IMPACT Project WADAAG Nation Aid Good Effort for Health and

Well Being

West London Action for Children

STADV: MARAC, Domestic Abuse Surgeries and Coordination

Sanctuary Schemes Rahab, Praed Street

Project, CLASH, SWISH ROAR, GALOP, Broken

Rainbow, Stonewall Housing

Salvation Army Poppy Project The Haven – SARC KMEWO Dog’s Trust Deaf Hope

TB VAWG Commissioning Principles &Themes

TB VAWG Integrated Support Service• Key Service Principles

• Example Service Model

Streamlined contracts for services will see savings re-invested into front line service provision; Increase of 30%

Focus on prevention work and intervening at the earliest possible opportunity

Expansion from DV into VAWG case work will provide a service in line with strategic commitments as identified by the TB VAWG Strategic Partnership◦ More residents across the TB area access services and

support in relation to their experience of VAWG in a timely and localised way

◦ Opportunity to examine current service system and develop in line with levels of local need

Maintain diversity of service provision and specialism existing in the TB area

Represent and respond to intersectionality of service-users’ identity and experience of violence

Stage 1 – 2014/15

Co-ordination including MARAC and Specialist Domestic Violence Court Co-ordination

TB VAWG Integrated Support Service*

Stage 2 – 2015/16

Perpetrator Work

Training

Key Service Principles

24 hour referral helpline and single point of triage

Standard and medium risk domestic abuse and sexual violence support, casework and signposting

VAWG casework and triage including but not limited to Stalking, Sexual Exploitation (SE), Honour Based Violence (HBV), Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), Forced marriage (FM), including referral and signposting to appropriate services

High Risk domestic and sexual violence advocacy, support and casework

Support for BME victims of VAWG, specifically from Arabic speaking and African diaspora communities

Key Service Principles continued .....

Support for LGBT Victims

Support for victims with disabilities Access to women’s only space

Support for male victims of violence and abuse

Early intervention young women and girls scheme for young people aged 13-21 who are victims of VAWG to include outreach, awareness raising and education

Working with children affected by domestic abuse

Working jointly with families (ie children and non-abusive partners)

Example Posts/ Service Model

X number of dedicated VAWG Case Workers/Independent Gender Based Violence Advocates

X number of VAWG Caseworkers (for young women and girls scheme aged 13-21)

Senior VAWG Case Workers

Administrative Support Officers

VAWG Integrated Support Service Manager

What aspects of existing joint/collaborative/partnership/co-ordinated working already work well within sovereign boroughs and across the tri-borough? (These can then be strengthened/ formalised in service models)

What are the opportunities/ potential improvements that the tri-borough approach will bring for services and survivors?

What are risks of a tri-borough approach for services and survivors? How can these be risk managed in the commissioning process and in the model?

Use your expertise to envision a survivor focused model of integrated VAWG service delivery in the tri-borough for survivors. Take yourselves and your services out of the picture and to think about what is the ideal service pathway for survivors.

Ensure within your model that: ◦ key service principles are met◦ there are clear pathways for people across all protected characteristics ◦ there are clear pathways for women experiencing different forms of VAWG

You may document the model as a support flow chart and provide a brief narrative to go with it.

As you document your model, provide some detail about: ◦ What post types would be required to deliver this model? ◦ What would working arrangements look like between different providers to

deliver this model effectively? (Particularly in relation to the single point of triage and the 24 hour helpline)

Are there key service principles that you would add to this list?

Potentially one tender process in 2014/15 with 2 (3) lots.

Tender process to commence in the autumn (subject to approval, date could change)

Potential suppliers will need to use the TB councils new online procurement tool to complete their submissions and will need to register via

www.capitalesourcing.com

Third-sector feedback and capacity building session

03 September, 2-5pm

facilitated by Imkaan/Women’s Aid Partnership

Contact: Kate Delaney, kate.delaney@lbhf.gov.uk

Service User Consultations

28 August: 7.00-8.30pm

04 September: 11.00-12.30pm

Contact: Eve Blair, e.blair@womansaid.org.uk

Final Feedback session with TB commissioners

24 September, 10am-12pm

Contact: Kate Delaney, kate.delaney@lbhf.gov.uk

For more information and to feedback comments please

contact and/or reply to:TB VAWG Team:

TB.VAWG@RBKC.gov.uk