Channel and Prevent Multi-Agency Panel (PMAP) guidance

  • Various training available to staff, foster carer and children - most on line and does not lead to opportunities to ask questions or understand process
  • Few and far between so agencies feel a little out of depth
  • Reporting and recording and risks - not always confident
  • Mandatory training - but not curious enough re learnings
  • Discussed other concerns - far right, eco terrorist
  • Vulnerability of yp online - all should be undertaking specialist learning depending on children’s needs and understanding
  • Staff complete as part of safeguarding
  • Safeguarding umbrella
  • FC complete within first 12 months as compulsory
  • Refers to prevent
  • Channel meeting discussed - prevent team - few had experience of this - few members shared their knowledge and said the team are knowledgeable and helpful - however, they do sometimes say they are “not going to adopt this up” - so no further support or actions
  • Looking at extreme material on line - LA and prevent team
  • Online training is free
  • Expectations to renew every 3 yrs - however, this needs to be of use and understood not just a tick box
  • Policy - most members agreed theirs was a little vague and required some more thought
  • Prevent - document very difficult to understand criminal capability - complex form / assessment - not helpful
  • Present or not present - is the language used in prevent
  • Found it difficult to understand the full process
  • Not prepared for it in our agency
  • Understanding and knowledge - not great
  • Kent prevent team - knowledgeable - maybe have more applications and less so in other areas
  • Police team - support around this / kent
  • Ofsted - in inspection an agency talked of how inspectors expected this training
  • Anti extremist policy - to develop
  • Understanding of chanel meetings - doc included in notes
  • FC handbook to ensure links to what to do and policy● Schools - specialist lead
  • CSE - tools help to consider children at risks and signs that are similar - exploitation generally
  • Ensuring foster carers know the signs to consider
  • Gang exploitation
  • CIC teams that are experienced
  • MACE board - look at children exploited
  • Strategy meetings discussed
  • MFH - policy and process
  • How carers are held through this - anxiety provoking
  • Chaps meetings - knowing children who are at risk and “offenders” “groomers” - meetings that have LA, Police, children services and invites to your agency to consider known risks - see if running in your area - share intelligence, known parks, area, houses - working together
  • Multiple moves of children - to lessen risks - but the risks find them
  • Profile of YP and knowing their vulnerabilities
  • Risk reduction plans
  • Matching process and carers being equipped and trained
  • Prevent and the muslim communities - helpful that a member shared their knowledge
  • Heavy focus on islamic terroism when came out
  • Prevent now more balanced
  • Way training is presented is important
  • SCR / NSPCC plenty of info radicalisation
  • LADO - role of

Agreed that it would be helpful for NAFP to run a conference - NAFP to source a training provider where members can be interactive / invite curiosity and understanding - date to be determined.