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THE NATIONAL DOMESTIC ABUSE DELIVERY PLAN
The National Domestic Abuse Delivery Group
The National Domestic Abuse Delivery Group for Children and Young People ( NDADG) was established in 2006 as a partnership between the Scottish Government's Equality Unit and the Getting it right for every child Team. It brings together work previously progressed by the National Group to Address Violence Against Women and the Better Outcomes for Children Working Group. The NDADG has four specific aims -
- Review current policy and practice in relation to children and young people affected by domestic abuse in Scotland.
- Develop and implement an integrated package of measures to improve outcomes for these children and young people, their families and communities.
- Oversee the implementation of the Getting it right Domestic Abuse Pathfinder in four local authority areas across Scotland - Dumfries & Galloway, Clydebank, Falkirk and North Edinburgh.
- Report to Ministers.
The NDADG is chaired by Colin MacLean, Director of Children Young People & Social Care Directorate, Scottish Government. Membership of the NDADG includes representatives from -
- Education, Justice and Health & Wellbeing Directorates - Scottish Government
- Convention of Scottish Local Authorities ( COSLA)
- Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service ( COPFS)
- Association of Chief Police Officers of Scotland ( ACPOS)
- Social Work Inspection Agency ( SWIA)
- NHS
- Scottish Women's Aid
- Children in Scotland.
The full membership list (including, where relevant, networks of stakeholders each member represents) may be found in Annex A.
Members of the NDADG are organised into four Subgroups with the following remits -
1. Protection Subgroup - to identify Priorities for Action to ensure children and young people affected by domestic abuse are safe.
2. Provision Subgroup - to identify Priorities for Action to ensure children and young people affected by domestic abuse are nurtured, healthy, respected, active and included.
3. Primary Prevention through Education Subgroup - to identify Priorities for Action to ensure all children and young people are respected and responsible - to prevent abuse in the future and in their own young relationships -- and that children and young people affected by domestic abuse are achieving.
4. Participation Subgroup - to identify Priorities for Action to ensure children and young people affected by domestic abuse are included in developing policy and practice.
The organisational structure of the NDADG recognises that there will be overlaps between the four Subgroups' Priority Areas, and that these overlaps are desirable and will contribute to building a holistic, integrated response to domestic abuse across all agencies and sectors.
The Priorities for Action are set out in the National Domestic Abuse Delivery Plan for Children & Young People.
Consultation Process and Evidence Base
The NDADG has supported members to consult their organisations and stakeholder networks on the Delivery Plan Priorities for Action. This has involved a number of issue-specific and multi-agency events and activities, enabling better mapping of current service provision for children affected by domestic abuse, as well as improving understanding of the issues faced by practitioners and agencies working to address the agenda.
Key to the Delivery Group's consultation process has been engagement with children and young people who have experienced domestic abuse. The Participation Subgroup was set up to specifically focus on enabling the participation of children and young people in the development and implementation of the Delivery Plan.
Further evidence to inform the development of the Delivery Plan's Priority Areas for Action has been drawn from a range of relevant national and local statistical sources, academic research and pilot evaluation findings on Scottish initiatives to address domestic abuse.
A literature review of national and international research, legislation, policy and practice in the field of domestic abuse was commissioned from a small team of researchers to provide specific recommendations and directions for good practice within the broad scope of each of the Subgroups' remits. The literature review, authored by Professor Cathy Humphreys, Claire Houghton and Dr Jane Ellis, has been drawn on extensively in the Rationale for each Priority Area.
All key publications on which the Delivery Plan is based are listed in the References. An Equality Impact Assessment has been undertaken on the Priority Areas and can be found online at www.scotland.gov.uk.
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