Getting it Right for Every Child: Proposals for action (Scottish Executive 2005) emphasises:
“that everyone has a responsibility to do the right thing for each child and
that we must all work towards a unified approach, with less bureaucracy
and more freedom to get on and respond to children. This will mean earlier
help and the child getting the right help at the right time packaged for their
particular needs”
The Pathfinder Project.
The National Domestic Abuse Pathfinder pilot is working across four geographical areas and is funded through the Getting it Right initiative. It is linked to the Pathfinder pilot in Highland Region and reports to both the National Domestic Abuse Delivery Group and the Getting it Right team.
There is a National Manager to co-ordinate the different sites.
Why Clydebank?
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West Dunbartonshire Council and partners successfully applied to the Scottish Executive to participate.
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There is an existing local commitment to multi-agency working in tackling domestic abuse and that has been translated into action through a number of local initiatives which can be built on.
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Clydebank has a high number of domestic abuse call-outs to the police
Local Project Team.
The project office is located within Clydebank Police Station and is staffed by Margaret Small
(Local Project Co-ordinator) seconded from Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration and
Jane Shaw (Project Administrator) who is seconded from West Dunbartonshire Council,
Social Work Strategy.
To ensure that the objectives are met a local Project Board has been established. The
membership comprises representatives from health, police, local authority services
(education, social work, housing) and local partnerships, Procurator Fiscal and Clydebank
Women’s Aid. There is also involvement of practitioners through the Pathfinder Forum.
What will it do ?
The Pathfinder Pilot is funded through the Getting it Right initiative for a period of two years. During that time it will:
• assist services in the area to examine how they respond to children exposed to domestic
abuse
• decide what improvements can be made
• help services make the changes
• test out tools to improve responses
• report back to the Scottish Government on what has been learned
How will we do it?
• police identifying Risk to Victim
• mul t i -agency group to coordinate responses and decide on actions around the
children and adults involved
• monitor and review outcomes
• identify unmet need/resource shortfall and inform service planners via our Project Board
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