Agenda item

Report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services.

The Group received a report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services updating them on the recent work of the Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Forum. The following points were noted:

·        The City VAWG Strategy (in addition to the more detailed paper for decision by

Committee) being completed and setting the priorities for the next City Domestic

Abuse and Sexual Violence Strategic Action Plan, to be finalised in March 2017.

· Vulnerable Victim Advocate re-commissioning in-line with the needs of victims in

the City and supporting the strategic aims of the Domestic Abuse & Sexual

Violence Forum.

· Training and making sure a formal process exists for a consistent and clear

response for repair staff in the City Housing Department, in line with the existing

strategic plan and lessons learned from the Case Review of a Serious Incident,

which concluded in August 2016.

· Safeguarding Children from the Experience of Domestic Abuse Policy, detailing

how the City will support children and young people witnessing and experiencing

domestic abuse.

· Update on the Domestic Abuse Profile for the City including work that will be

taking place in the early part of 2017 to enable a holistic collection of data.

· MARAC update, noting how the City continues to strengthen its response to high

risk cases of domestic abuse.

· Directory of Domestic Abuse & Sexual Violence Services to help professionals

and members of the public to access services in the City, pan-London and

nationally.

· City workers domestic abuse awareness training pilot with Lloyds Banking Group,

highlighting how participants evaluated the training.

· Training on engaging with perpetrators of domestic abuse, to strengthen access

to programmes that facilitate understanding in perpetrators of the harmful impacts

of their abusive and controlling behaviour.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.