Page 5 - Adult C Overview Report - FINAL

This document was classified as: OFFICIAL

4
5
by the National Probation Service as opposed to a Community Rehabilitation Company .

4.6. When Adult 1 met with the author he talked about his previous abusive relationship and the
time that he spent in prison for offences related to that relationship.

4.7. Before Adult C entered into her relationship with Adult 1, her drinking and risky behaviour
resulted in a referral by Police for a Multi-Agency Case Conference. At the time, these case
conferences were held monthly, chaired by the community safety team, in an attempt to
have multi agency plans in place for those who were vulnerable. Adult C was discussed six

times within these meetings over an eighteen-month period that ended two months prior the
scoping period of this review. Adult C was discussed at several meetings after her relationship
with Adult 1 commenced. Due to a review of this process following learning from other
reviews, these meetings no longer take place. A new process, Team Around the Individual
(TATI), led by Adult Social Care that has strategic decision makers within the process has
recently been introduced.

4.8. Within a very short period, violence became a feature in the new relationship. An arrest of
6
Adult 1 and referral to the Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) was made
within 3 months of the relationship starting. (Adult C was still subject to multi agency case
conferences at this time [not to be confused with MARAC]). Adult 1 was sentenced to a 24
7
month Suspended Sentence Order with six-month Alcohol Treatment Requirement and 25
8
Rehabilitation Activity Requirement days .

4.9. Adult C was referred to specialist domestic abuse services 1 (DA1) and 2 (DA2). DA 1
continued to offer intensive support services and refuge to Adult C; initially it had been
agreed that DA2 would not offer services as DA1 was involved. Two months later though, it
was considered that specialist intensive services were required, leading to a referral back to
DA2 who are commissioned to provide this. It was of note that to be accepted to this

intensive element of the service, a victim must be actively fleeing from an abusive partner, so

4 The National Probation Service is a statutory criminal justice service that supervises high-risk offenders released into the community.

5 After sentence, all offenders who are assessed as low or medium risk of harm by the National Probation Service are transferred to
the Community Rehabilitation Company to manage.

6 MARAC A Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) is a victim focused information sharing and risk management meeting attended
by all key agencies, where high risk cases are discussed. The role of the MARAC is to facilitate, monitor and evaluate effective information sharing
to enable appropriate actions to be taken to increase public safety. In a single meeting, MARAC combines up to date risk information with a
timely assessment of a victim's needs and links those directly to the provision of appropriate services for all those involved in a domestic abuse
case: victim, children and perpetrator.

7 The Alcohol Treatment Requirement (ATR) focuses on offenders who are dependent on alcohol or whose alcohol use contributes to their
offending. The aim is to reduce or eliminate the offender’s dependency on alcohol.

8 Rehabilitation Activity Requirements (RAR) The court can sentence individuals to a maximum number of rehabilitation activity days, which
involves the service user attending a combination of appointments and activities aimed at helping them avoid reoffending.

5