We are delighted to be holding multi-agency training on the Risk Outside The Home (ROTH) response that is in place for Kingston and Richmond children.

The morning will focus on what our multi-agency partners understand about contextual safeguarding from their perspectives (police, education, health, social care and the contextual safeguarding team at AfC).

In the afternoon we will look at a case study and hold a short mock conference for both a ROTH plan and a context conference. Context conferences are held where geographical areas of risk including specific territories, congregation points, anti-social behaviour and crime hot spots; physically unsafe areas and places of concern are discussed within the same framework as that of a child protection conference; no children’s names are shared and the meeting focuses on increasing strengths and community guardianship of the area and reducing risk in order to safeguard children in the area.

 

Risk outside the home is a new local response to protect children at risk of significant harm from extra familial / contextual safeguarding risks. A Risk Outside The Home Review is equivalent to a child protection conference. The focus is on the risks for the child outside the home and building a plan in partnership with them, their family and community. The gateway to a risk outside the home plan is via a child protection conference.

In the words of a child involved in the pilot: Part of me felt safe but not when going out. I feel very safe now.

In the words of a parent involved in the pilot: I was reassured that I was doing everything I could possibly do, as a parent I may have felt a bit blamed, some mums and dads may feel like all the people are pointing the finger, but I knew I had done everything humanly possible I could for my son, with my head held high a different mind-set, the professionals were all very positive about me and they were learning from the way that I was dealing with it, mums and dads need to hear this.

Please visit our information page where you will find easy to access information and everything you need to understand this response - https://kr.afcinfo.org.uk/pages/community-information/information-and-advice/safeguarding-and-child-protection/risk-outside-the-home-roth

Charlotte Parkinson is one of the child protection conference chairs and she is leading within the conference service on Risk Outside The Home. Sara Gardner is the Head of Conferencing and Review service.

 

By the end of the session delegates will be able to:

• Explain and understand Risk Outside The Home (ROTH), contextual safeguarding, and the processes in place at AfC
• Demonstrate the opportunity to participate in case studies with other delegates
• Participate in a mock ROTH conference as well as a mock Context conference (a spaces and places meeting) to increase your knowledge of these meetings
• Develop a good knowledge of partner agencies responses to ROTH and how to respond to concerns about contextual safeguarding
• Gain confidence to participate in initial child protection case conferences (ICPC), where ROTH has been identified to help with your decision making during this process

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