Work across organisations to deliver services to people with multiple needs. Working in collaboration is essential if individuals are to be offered the range of support they require in a timely manner. Multi-agency working is about providing a seamless response to individuals with multiple and complex needs.
https://www.scie.org.uk/publications/nqswtool/multiagencyworking/

Senior officers should ensure their forces have well-developed and clear information sharing agreements(ISAs) with partner agencies. These ISAs should be regularly reviewed at force level and supervisors should monitor police information sharing to ensure that it complies with the ISA. Supervisors should, in particular, review requests from other agencies for information containing sensitive and personal details.

The Police and Crime Plan for Cambridgeshire can be found below.  It is centred around four key themes:

The Plan puts people at the heart of what we do.  We will focus on the most vulnerable members of society, putting victims at the centre of our work, bringing offenders to justice and deterring them from re-offending.

The Plan looks beyond just the police.  It seeks to drive changes to the way public services work together in the county, aligning activity, improving efficiency and reducing cost. At the same time we are looking to increase public participation in creating stronger, safer communities.

In the face of complex economic and social pressures, we must think and act differently and continue to transform the way we work through collaboration and new technology. In order to achieve this, we will support our staff to develop and care for our people so they can reach their full potential and feel proud of what they do.

https://www.app.college.police.uk/app-content/major-investigation-and-public-protection/domestic-abuse/partnership-working-and-multi-agency-responses/?fbclid=IwAR1RF91iiYhquMz-2fkP3_uMxmX1rT1UxW3lOxXW_5g_fi_U-w4LrfPnL5M 

A MARAC is a meeting where information on the highest-risk domestic abuse cases is shared between representatives of local police, probation services, health, child protection, housing practitioners, IDVAs and other specialists from the statutory and voluntary sectors. 

The primary focus of the MARAC is to safeguard the adult victim and children, and ultimately address the perpetrator’s behaviour. The MARAC also makes links with other forums, including child protection case conferences, to safeguard children and manage perpetrator behaviour. 

 

There are currently over 270 MARACs operating across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland managing more than 64,000 cases a year. 

Some video demonstrations of the MARAC process are available to help understanding. 

The core agencies attending MARAC are: 

Other agencies attend where available, eg, education, fire and rescue, ambulance and adult services. Specialist agencies, including those working with black and minority ethnic (BME) communities, people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT), disabled people and male victims, either attend or advise the IDVA service or equivalent advocacy service. 

Principles of an effective MARAC 

The police role is often to chair the MARAC but also to attend as a representative. All representatives must be able to: 

The police representative is, therefore, usually a senior officer with subject matter knowledge, such as an inspector or sergeant from a public protection department.  This representation is in addition to the police chair, where there is one. 

The police should bring to the MARAC any information which highlights the risks to the victim and children and assists in devising an action plan to minimise those risks. This can include: