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Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) - Improving Child Protection Referrals

The Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) aims to improve the way local safeguarding partnerships deal with child protection referrals. It brings together various partners into a single multi-agency hub to share information quickly and efficiently. This article discusses the implementation of MASH across England, the local implementation approach, stakeholder engagement, and the impact on assessment and information sharing.

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Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) - Improving Child Protection Referrals

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  1. Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub(MASH)Damien Cole - Integrated Working Strategic Lead, Children’s ServicesAngela Allgood – MASH Regional Advisor, Met Police

  2. Background • Police lead initiative • Local Authority delivery • Purpose – To Improve the way that local safeguarding partnerships deal with child protection referrals, bringing a range of partners together into a single multi-agency safeguarding hub to share information quickly and efficiently.

  3. National Picture • MASH’s being implemented across England • Pan London MASH Operational Steering Group • 11/32 London LA’s currently ‘live’ (as of June ‘13). • Learning todate - Positives/Negatives (Police perspective)

  4. Evolution

  5. Local implementation approach • 3 phases of implementation • start June 2013 • Official launch October 2013 • Pathways in and out of MASH + documentation • Stakeholder engagement • Procurement of a MASH IT system • Training and communication

  6. Local implementation todate • Premises secured, MASH office designed. • Pre-MASH screening pathway designed and implemented – June 2013 • Co located partners identified and some in place • Single Points of Contact (SPOC) identified

  7. MASH participation • Co located partners (confirmed): • Social Care MASH officers • Police Public Protection Desk • Police Missing Persons Officer • Health representative • Education/Targeted Support Liaison • Probation

  8. MASH participation • SPOC’s (confirmed): • Housing • Youth Offending Service • IDSVAS (Domestic Violence service) • Adult Mental Health • Neighbourhood Crime Reduction

  9. Information Sharing - security Pre-MASH screening (all contacts) Interface with Tier 2 or Tier 3 – statutory assessment MASH

  10. Areas to be aware of • Purpose and impact of a MASH • Comprehensive multi agency risk assessment • Reactive, not preventative • Intelligence led decision making • Cases will step up into Social Care based on more information/assessment. • Cases will be safely stepped down to Tier 1&2, with more information/assessment.

  11. Areas to be aware of cont. • Performance around timeliness of assessments • Reduction in cases ‘bouncing’ up and down across Tier 1/2 and 3. • Reduction in the number of Statutory Assessments not progressing to CiN/CP/LAC etc. • Greater partnership working • Greater partnership awareness of thresholds

  12. Areas to be aware of cont.. • Will intro of MASH increase the number of referral? • Partnership buy in. • Information sharing and recording.

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