Understanding the outcome of police safeguarding notifications to social services in South Wales

Katharine Ford; Annemarie Newbury; Zoe Meredith; Jessica Evans; Karen Hughes; Janine Roderick; Alisha R Davies; Mark Bellis

doi:10.1177/0032258X19836144

Understanding the outcome of police safeguarding notifications to social services in South Wales

Katharine Ford, Annemarie Newbury, Zoe Meredith, Jessica Evans, Karen Hughes, Janine Roderick, Alisha R Davies, Mark Bellis

College of Medicine & Health

Public Health Wales NHS Trust

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Abstract

In the UK, demand for the police has changed, with the majority of calls now vulnerability-related. Police safeguarding notifications (N=3,466) over a one-year period for a local authority in Wales were matched to social care records. Over half (57.5%) of notifications were referred to social services and only 4.8% received social service input (e.g. social worker intervention). Over a third of individuals had repeat notifications in the study year. Findings evidence high levels of police-identified vulnerability and an imbalance in vulnerability-related risk thresholds across agencies. Furthermore, some individuals require more appropriate action to mitigate the risk of future safeguarding notifications.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	87-108
Number of pages	21
Journal	The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles
Volume	93
Issue number	2
Early online date	19 Mar 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0032258X19836144
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2020

Keywords

Safeguarding
vulnerability
Policing
Prevention

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