Good MD/IA Practice : PROMISE Standards and Good Practice Examples Olivia Lind Haldorsson Promise Project Zagreb Exchange Meeting February 2016

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE MD/IA GOOD PRACTICE REVIEW? PROVIDE A COMMON FRAMEWORK OF GOOD PRACTICE STANDARDS ILLUSTRATING STANDARDS, STRATEGIES AND TOOLS BY PROVIDING EXAMPLES OF NOTE-WORTHY PRACTICE INSPIRE AND MOTIVATE OTHERS TO STRIVE TOWARDS THE GOOD PRACTICE STANDARDS HIGHLIGHTING OPPORTUNITIES AND WAYS TO ADDRESS CHALLENGESSUPPORTING EVIDENCE BASED ADVOCACYENCOURAGING GOVERNMENTS TO INVEST IN GOOD PRACTICE MODELS

WHAT WILL THE GOOD PRACTICE EXAMPLES FOCUS ON? KEY PRINCIPLES OF MD/IA SERVICES MD/IA ORGANISATION TARGET GROUPS CHILD FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT INTER-AGENCY PLANNING AND CASE REVIEW JOINT FORENSIC INTERVIEWS VICTIM SUPPORT MEDICAL EXAMINIATION THERAPEUTIC SERVICES/ MENTAL HEALTH CASE TRACKING CAPACITY AND PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE BUILDING/TRAINING INFORATMATION SHARING AND EXTERNAL COMPETENCE BUILDING

HOW DO WE DETERMINE WHAT IS A GOOD PRACTICE EXAMPLE? THE PROMISE STANDARDS PROMISE STANDARDS - BACKGROUND: Standards for Accredited Members of the National Child Alliance in the US Criteria for assessing Barnahus in Sweden Law and Guidance Children’s Needs EC 10 principles for Child Protection Systems Feedback from Expert Group and Partners – based on practitioners experience of working in MD/IA settings PROMISE STANDARDS – KEY CONSIDERATIONS: Connected to Law and Guidance Transferable and Adaptable Real Added Value for the Child and the Services working Together Strategic and Inspiring – Ambitious but Realistic Good Practice – Not Binding Standards!

STANDARD KEY PRINCIPLES Preventing Re- victimisation and Re- traumatisation Avoiding Undue Delay Ensuring the Best Interest of the Child Ensuring Children’s Right to be heard and receive information 2. ORGANISATION Inter-agency AgreementsCoordinator of operations 3. TARGET GROUP Inclusive/Broad definition of target group Non-discrimination 4. CHILD-FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT AccessibilityEnvironmentPrivacy Preventing Contact With Perpetrator Interview Room 5. INTERAGENCY PLANNING AND CASE REVIEW Procedures and RoutinesInter-agency planningContinuous Case ReviewCoordination 6. JOINT FORENSIC INTERVIEWS Evidence-based practice and protocols Specialised StaffLocation and RecordingMD/IA PresenceAdapted to Child 7. VICTIM SUPPORT RoutinesSupport ServicesCrisis Intervention Support Person/Case Manager 8. MEDICAL EXAMINATION Evaluation and Treatment StaffCase Review and Planning 9. THERAPEUTIC SERVICES/MENTAL HEALTH Assessment and Treatment Staff Information and child participation 10. CASE TRACKING Case trackingInformation sharing 11. CAPACITY AND PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE BUILDING Training of professionalsInter-agency training Guidance, supervision, counselling for staff 12. INFORMATION SHARING AND EXTERNAL COMPETE BUILDING Data Collection and Information Sharing External Competence Building

WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS? Continued Consultation and Finalising standards February 2016 Collecting Examples of Noteworthy Practice (against standards) March – April 2016 Producing MD/IA Paper April – June 2016 Presentation in Iceland June 2016 Good Practice Guidance June

What are the key opportunities and challenges? Discussion later today 3 KEY OPPORTUNITIES, 3 CHALLENGES

Some examples already… BARNAHUS ICELAND: Standard 4, 9, 12 Haarlem Kinder- en Jeugdtraumacentrum: Brief Presentation Barnahus Stockholm: Standard 4 and 5.2 Barnahus Linköping: Taking a Child Perspective/Best interest of the child and Standard 5 and 10 Child Protection Centre: Comment and Presentation of the Centre (after lunch)