YOUR ORGANISATION NAME

ENGAGEMENT WITH

SERIOUS VIOLENCE

AND SEX OFFENDERS

Purpose

  • YOUR ORGANISATION NAME is committed to providing services to people socially isolated or made vulnerable because of homelessness, vulnerable housing, substance misuse, mental ill-health and/or history of offending. However,YOUR ORGANISATION NAME has a responsibility to ensure the safety of service users, staff, volunteers and visitors entering their premises and may on occasions take the decision to deny or limit access to services.
  • The purpose of this policy is to ensure that where it is deemed appropriate for serious (violent) and/or sex offenders to access YOUR ORGANISATION NAMEservices, appropriate assessment of risk is undertaken. The outcome of risk assessment will determine the appropriateness of and/or level of continued access to services.
  • This policy should work in liaison with the Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangement (MAPPA) Intelligence Officer and Probation, and where it is considered appropriate for a service user to access services, review meetings will be held at regular intervals according to risk and/or MAPPA conditions.
  • TheYOUR ORGANISATION NAME staff lead in partnership with the Chief Executive will initially be responsible for links with MAPPA and developing the two-way information sharing process.
  • YOUR ORGANISATION NAMEcannot support applications to other services where a service user fails to disclose their history of serious (violent) and/or sex offences.
  • YOUR ORGANISATION NAMEhas the right to refuse access to anyone posing a serious risk to service users, members of staff, volunteers and/or visitors.

Procedure

  • On discovering that a service user has a history of serious (violent) and/or sex offences (see appendix 1):
  • The staff lead and Chief Executive should be notified.
  • The service user will be notified of YOUR ORGANISATION NAME’policy and shall be given a copy of the policy.
  • The service user will be notified that a risk assessment is required before they can have full access to services.
  • The staff lead and or Chief Executive will notify the MAPPA Intelligence Officer and/or Probation Officer.
  • A risk assessment will be carried out within two working weeks, during which time the service user maybe given limited access within the centre, providing there are no children or vulnerable adults in the centre on that day, if it is deemed safe to do so.
  • A nominated member of staff will monitor the service user’s whereabouts.
  • The service user will be advised that any concerns about behaviour including suspected grooming, seeking out of vulnerable women, women with children or suspected contact with children i.e. baby sitting, will be passed onto MAPPA and may result in exclusion from the centre.
  • A service user refusing to give relevant information will be refused access to YOUR ORGANISATION NAMEservices

Existing Service Users (Pre policy)

  • The service user will be notified of YOUR ORGANISATION NAMEnew policy.
  • A risk assessment of existing known serious (violent) and/or sex offenders will be carried out and decisions made as to the level of risk posed to YOUR ORGANISATION NAMEservice users, staff, volunteers and visitors.

Risk Assessment (see appendix 2)

  • Staff lead and/or the Chief Executive will carry out risk assessments in conjunction with MAPPA and/or Probation.
  • The risk assessment will determine the nature of risk, who is at risk and if there are any conditions determined by MAPPA/Probation pertinent to the persons attendance at YOUR ORGANISATION NAMEi.e. unsupervised access to children.

Confidentiality

  • According to YOUR ORGANISATION NAMEConfidentiality Policy, disclosure of a history of serious (violent) and/or sex offences will be on a need to know basis.
  • YOUR ORGANISATION NAMEemployees will not disclose information relating to a service users history to other service users.

Equality and Diversity
We aim to be an organisation that values, recognises and responds to the diverse needs of members and those we serve. We adhere to the Equality Act 2010 and will not discriminate against any person or other organization with particular reference to the protected characteristics
Monitoring and Review
The Senior Management Team, with adequate consultation of the Board of Trustees, will regularly review the operation of this policy.
Agreed by YOUR ORGANISATION NAME
Signature / Date

Appendix 1

Appendix 2 - Risk Assessment - CONFIDENTIAL

Personal Details
Name:
Address:
D.O.B
Date completed
Brief detail of offences identifying Risk Factors
Probation and/or MAPPA Officer
Address and Telephone Number / Probation MAPPA
MAPPA/Probation conditions
MAPPA review date
Risk to:
Next of Kin or significant other (who may be a YOUR ORGANISATION NAMEservice user) / Details / High/Med/Low
Women / High / Medium / Low
Children M / F / High / Medium / Low
Males / High / Medium / Low
Access to YOUR ORGANISATION NAME Camrose:
No restrictions
Restricted access
(please state)
Frequency of meetings / Quarterly Bi-monthly As required (i.e. behaviour led)
Date of first meeting
Access to services not appropriate

Decision made by:

YOUR ORGANISATION NAME______

MAPPA/Probation ______

Client Consent

I have read through and understand YOUR ORGANISATION NAMESerious (violent) and/or Sex Offender Policy.

I consent to YOUR ORGANISATION NAMEsharing information with appropriate services on a need to know basis with the exception of: (please state)

Signature:______Date:______

Access to YOUR ORGANISATION NAMEwill not be approved where a client fails to give consent to share information on a need to know basis including housing providers.

YOUR ORGANISATION NAME Confidentiality Policy 1 November 2014