Description of Arrangements Including Security Matters. How the information will be processed The information to be shared comprises contact information and personal and sensitive data held by various agencies on individuals who pose a high risk of harm to their partners or children, and personal and sensitive information pertaining to high risk victims/victims and their children, which will assist the MARAC to put in place safety measures to reduce/manage the risk posed. The MARAC group will convene every four weeks to discuss high-risk cases and share information about the parties involved to allow action to be taken to manage the risk posed to the victim/victim and children, if present. Currently the information will be shared between designated and named representatives from those agencies specified on page 4 of this agreement, and with other agencies identified as relevant by the MARAC Co-ordinator on a case-by-case basis including community based and voluntary perpetrator programmes, local drug and alcohol services, child and family support organisations. At the start of each MARAC the Chair will read out the confidentially agreement that information discussed within the ambit of the meeting is strictly confidential and must not be disclosed to a third party without the agreement of the partners of the meeting. An attendance form, detailing this requirement and the purpose of the meeting, will be signed by all attendees confirming they agree to abide by these principles. All partners will ensure that their representatives in attendance will have been vetted to Criminal Records Bureau standard. Normally, in order to satisfy the Metropolitan Police Service protective marking security standards, further vetting of partner agencies’ staff would be required. However, an exemption from further vetting is claimed under this agreement since all MARAC partners have a genuine “need to know”. Each domestic crime/incident recorded by the police is subjected to a risk assessment, firstly utilising the DASH model and, in medium and high risk cases, completion of a Part 2 Risk Assessment. A detective sergeant will supervise all risk assessments. Those identified, as being at high risk will be referred to the police MARAC co-ordinator for further referral to the Independent Domestic Violence Advocacy Service and MARAC. As agreed by the Wandsworth Borough MARAC Steering Group, referrals will be circulated to MARAC partners as and when they are received. The agenda will then be circulated to the MARAC group attendees eight...
Description of Arrangements Including Security Matters. Business Processes Everyone who works within government has a responsibility to respect the confidentiality and integrity of information they access and must safeguard it in line with the Government Security Classification policy. The majority of information shared via the MASH will be classified as ‘Official’. Information entering the MASH Not all contacts received by the local authority where there are concerns about the welfare of a child/young person will be considered by the MASH. Where there is a clear child protection concern, the local authority decision maker will immediately initiate a Section 47 enquiry. Where the local authority decision maker is clear that there is no evidence of significant harm, the contact will be processed through non MASH channels e.g. single assessment, early help assessment or no further action. Only cases where more information would enable the decision maker to make a more informed and speedier decision will be taken through the MASH process. For any case going through the MASH process, all MASH agencies will be asked to research and provide relevant information to the MASH so that the local authority decision maker will have full a picture as possible when assessing and making decisions as to what the best and most appropriate assistance and interaction with the child should be. All MASH partners whether co-located or virtual will be required to provide information to the MASH on request. The MASH contact for health will be the single point of contact for all other health professionals and will gather and collate information on behalf of all health partners to provide to the MASH The local authority decision maker will decide the best and most appropriate assistance and interaction for the child and when referring the child on will pass any relevant MASH information to that service with the agreement of the MASH partner who has provided the information. Business Continuity All partners to this agreement will provide a list of contacts to deal with queries and requests for information under this agreement. The organisations will also nominate persons to act as the contact to ensure continuity in the absence of the original points of contact. All partners to this agreement, who are sending or receiving sensitive personal data electronically, must have a secure e-mail established. If secure email is not available, for example, due to technical failure, then information will be shared via hand. Fax will only be used to t...
Description of Arrangements Including Security Matters. 4.1 Business continuity Where information is shared, a record of what has been provided will be made in each instance. Referrals will be sent to the single point of contact in the London Borough of Hillingdon Council. Minutes and the Case Action Plan will be distributed to all panel members. Panel members will inform the council single point of contact when actions from the action plan have been completed. Each agency at practitioner level will be known to their counterparts in other agencies. If this is not the case, each signatory agency will nominate a clearly identified single point of contact, and deputy, to facilitate the passage of information. These arrangements comply with the Operating Protocol.
Description of Arrangements Including Security Matters. 4.1 Personal details of victims will be supplied by the MPS from the following system: Crime Reporting Information System (XXXX) from printouts.
Description of Arrangements Including Security Matters
