Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference

Further to 'Developing Domestic Violence Strategies - A Guide for Partnerships' (Home Office Violent Crime Unit, December 2004) and in line with the West Yorkshire Policing Plan 2005/06 Kirklees is committed to establishing MARAC by April 2006.

To provide a structured forum for the sharing of information, risk assessment and safety planning in relation to victims, offenders and their children in cases of Domestic Abuse.

Agencies are to share information with view to identifying those persons at a high level of risk and thereafter to jointly construct a management plan to provide professional support to those at high risk.

Admin support and the venue for MARAC case meetings is being provided by the Safer Communities Partnership.

Agencies will need to identify Designated Officers to attend the monthly MARAC and take responsibility for information sharing.

Agencies will also need to resource the research required for the MARAC.

Time and resource savings for agencies due to more efficient working practices.

As seen in pilot undertaken in South Wales MARAC has proven to be a highly efficient mechanism for reducing crime and disorder and also for the protection of vulnerable persons.

A MARAC Strategy group will oversee the implementation of the MARAC process in Kirklees and drive the signing of Information Sharing Agreements and the MARAC Protocol.

The Strategy group will continue to review how the process is working and assist in making refinements to increase it's effectiveness as a tool in partnership working.

The Strategy group will also look to implement a system to evaluate and review the effectiveness of the process on a case by case basis.

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