1. Norfolk MAPPA Awareness Training

2. 2 Ground Rules. All views and opinions will be valued Trainers will create a climate that is safe and conducive to learning Training will be delivered within a framework of anti- discriminatory practice and all inappropriate behaviour will be challenged accordingly Training will be delivered fairly and inclusively to all participants Internal Agency politics/dynamics to be discussed outside the workshop

3. 3 Course Objectives Understand the purpose and function of MAPPA Understand the language and terminology of MAPPA Explore the framework for identification, information sharing, risk assessment and risk management. Understand the methods and process for recording risk Identify best practice examples Examine factors impacting on the disclosure of information Identify any local issues which may impact on effectiveness

4. 4 What Is MAPPA? MAPPA stands for: M ulti A gency P ublic P rotection A rrangements These arrangements are STATUTORY

5. 5 The Purpose Of MAPPA Is To … To help to protect the public, including previous victims of crime, from serious harm by sexual and violent offenders MAPPA Guidance (2012) Version 4, Section 1.1

6. 6 It Does This By: Ensuring that all relevant agencies work together effectively to: Identify all relevant offenders Complete comprehensive risk assessments that take advantage of co-ordinated information sharing across the agencies Devise, implement and review robust Risk Management Plans Focus the available resources in a way which best protects the public from serious harm

7. 7 MAPPA Is Not… A separate agency or body itself BUT it is … a MECHANISM through which agencies can both: Discharge their statutory duties and Protect the public in a co-ordinated manner.

8. 8 MAPPA Is Made Up Of… The Responsible Authority: Police, Prison and Probation and Duty to Co-operate Agencies Housing, Health, Social Services (Children and Adults), Youth Offending Teams, Employment Services, Electronic Monitoring Services, UK Border Agency

9. 9 MAPPA Legislation And Guidance: Criminal Justice and Court Services Act (2000) Criminal Justice Act (2003) Sexual Offences Act (2003) Criminal Justice and Immigration Act (2008) MAPPA Guidance is issued by the Secretary of State under Section 325(8) Criminal Justice Act (2003). Current Version 4 issued 2012.

10. 10 Strategic Management Board Made up of: The Responsible Authority: Police Probation and Prison Services Duty to Co-Operate Agencies Housing, Health, Social Services (Children and Adults), Youth Offending Teams, Employment Services, Electronic Monitoring Service; UKBA. Lay Advisers x 2 Victim Liaison

11. 11 Key Messages About MAPPA All MAPPA offenders are identified promptly Information Sharing is actively undertaken on all offenders All offenders are Risk Assessed All offenders have a Risk Management plan

12. 12 Identification Agencies who have a statutory role in the management of MAPPA eligible offenders must have systems to identify them. These agencies are: Police Probation Service Prison Service Youth Offending Teams (YOTs) Mental Health

13. 13 Who Is Managed Through MAPPA? Category One: Registered Sexual Offenders They must notify the police of their name, address and personal details (Sexual Offences Act 2003).

14. 14 Who Is Managed Through MAPPA? Category Two: Violent Offenders (and other Sexual Offenders) Those who have been sentenced to 12 months or more in custody or to detention in hospital with restrictions, now living in the Community subject to Probation Supervision.

15. 15 Who Is Managed Through MAPPA? Category Three: Other Dangerous Offenders Those who have committed an offence in the past which indicated capacity to cause serious harm to the public and who because of the assessed risk need multi-agency management at level 2 or 3.

16. 16 Why Is Information Sharing Important ? “Unless all relevant information is available, in good time, to those making the assessments and drawing up the Risk Management Plans, public protection may be compromised.” MAPPA Guidance (2009) Version 3.0 section 5

17. 17 Information Sharing Must: Have lawful authority –Data Protection Act (1998), –Human Rights Act (1998), –Common Law, –Statutory Duties of Confidence Be necessary Be proportionate Ensure the safety and security of the information shared MAPPA Guidance (2012) Version 4, Section 9

18. 18 What Do You Need To Know? What is your agency policy on Information Sharing? Who would you go to if you were unsure of what you could share? Do you know what your local MAPPA SMB Information Sharing Protocol says?

19. Who are these people? Daniel (Dano) Sonnex. John Monckton. Peter Connolly. Victoria Climbie. Roy Whiting. 19

20. Inquiries: What sort of criticisms were levelled at statutory agencies in the enquiries that were held following high profile deaths that “could have been avoided” 20

21. 21 Findings From Inquiries Poor inter-agency communication Procedures not known or not followed Failure to listen to significant people Poor planning and lack of ownership Conscious or unconscious discrimination (Misguided cultural sensitivity)

22. 22 Risk Assessment Tools Approved Assessment Tools throughout England and Wales are: OASys (Offender Assessment System) Risk Matrix 2000 for adult male sexual offenders(RM2000) Asset for young offenders Mental Health Assessments ARMS

23. 23 Process Individual Agency Assessment MAPP meeting Input from other agencies Victim(s) perspective Disclosure decision Decision of level of management Will Multi-Agency Management give “added value”?

24. 24 Risk Assessment Key Definitions: Risk Factors: Static and Dynamic Controls: Internal and External Risk of Serious Harm Triggers Protective Factors (Risk of Harm Guidance & Training Resources Version 2.06)

25. 25 Risk Management “Risk Management is the construction and implementation of a plan which addresses the identified risk factors. In effect it is what staff do with an offender. It is not an exact science as it is not possible to eliminate risk entirely. It is crucial that decisions made are defensible” MAPPA Guidance (2012) Version 4, Section 12

26. 26 Risk Management “Each case is managed at the lowest appropriate level that is consistent with providing a defensible Risk Management Plan”

27. 27 ViSOR ViSOR was developed to support a fully integrated approach to the management of sexual, violent and other dangerous offenders. ViSOR provides a secure database enabling the sharing of risk assessment and risk management information on individual dangerous offenders in a timely way. ViSOR improves capacity to share intelligence and improve the safe transfer of key information when these offenders move between areas; this enhances public protection measures.

28. 28 MAPPA Level One Management Level 1: Ordinary Agency Management Used in cases in which the risks posed by the offender can be managed by the agency responsible for supervision/case management of the offender. This does not mean that other agencies will not be involved, only that it is not necessary to actively manage through multi-agency meetings.

29. 29 MAPPA Level Two Management Level 2: Multi-Agency Public Protection Meeting Used in cases where it is determined that the management issues require active conferencing. Cases may also be referred to level 2 after having been managed at level 3 when, for example, the need for the resources available at level 3 has diminished or where the complexity of the multi- agency management of the risks have been brokered and a Risk Management Plan has been firmly established.

30. 30 MAPPA Level Three Management Level 3:Multi-Agency Public Protection Meeting Used where it is determined that the management issues require: Active conferencing AND Senior Representation in order to be able to commit significant resources at short notice AND/OR Where there are significant media issues and/or public interest in the case

31. 31 Defensible Decisions Appropriate levels of knowledge and skill Appropriate levels of knowledge and skill Appropriate use of information Appropriate use of information Risk assessment grounded in the evidence Risk assessment grounded in the evidence Communication with relevant others Communication with relevant others Risk Management Plan linked to risks and risk Risk Management Plan linked to risks and risk level level Risk Management Plan delivered with integrity Risk Management Plan delivered with integrity All reasonable steps have been taken All reasonable steps have been taken Information collected and thoroughly evaluated Information collected and thoroughly evaluated Clear recording Clear recording

32. 32 MAPPA Disclosure May be needed to protect the public Disclosure must have lawful authority Disclosure must be necessary Disclosure must be proportionate to risk and done in ways, which Ensure safety and security of the information disclosed, and Be accountable

33. 33 Potentially Dangerous Person “A person who is not eligible for management under MAPPA but whose behaviour gives reasonable grounds for believing that there is a present likelihood of them committing an offence that will cause serious harm” Unlike offenders who fall within MAPPA, there is no statutory multi-agency framework which governs the management of PDPs

34. 34 The overarching principle for determining if an individual should be classed as a PDP: “is that there must be a present likelihood of them causing serious harm.”

35. 35 Imminence Of Serious Harm; “Imminence of serious harm describes an event that is more likely than not to happen imminently, the impact of which would be serious” Serious Harm: A risk which is life-threatening and/or traumatic and from which recovery, whether physical or psychological can be expected to be difficult or impossible Risk of serious harm Risk of serious harm is the likelihood of this event happening and is a dynamic concept which should be kept under review

36. 36 What the is nature and pattern of the individual’s behaviour What is the of risk, evidence of imminent serious harm Who is at risk (particular individuals, children, vulnerable adults) When and how would the risk increase What factors are likely to reduce risk Is all relevant medical evidence available so that consideration can be given to any reasonable medical explanation of the behaviour displayed. Checks should be carried out with Health Services and Local authority social care services

37. 37 For there to be effective management of PDP’s there needs to be in place the same information sharing agreement that exists for MAPPA individuals. Dependent upon where the initial referral for a PDP comes from there does need to be in place the same information sharing arrangements. As with MAPPA individuals the management of PDP’s will be ‘multi agency’ and requires that all agencies involved share information with each other and attend PDP meetings as they would for a MAPPA subject

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