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Examples of successful joint working included:
• Police, Community Learning Disability Team Social Workers: the LD ISVA has reported to the police on behalf of a survivor with a severe LD. Emotions cards and a CJS picture sheet were used to make a professional judgement decision on understanding and capacity around the decision to report. The LD ISVA consulted with the Community Learning Disability Team social workers around managing the impact
on the client. The client is now waiting for an intermediary assessment.
• Bristol Community Links Learning Disability Drop-in. After a survivor with LD and mental health issues disclosed historic childhood sexual exploitation at the drop-in, the ISVA attended joint appointments in a private room at the drop-in, providing information and
support around police processes, slowly, over a number of appointments. The ISVA worked with the survivor’s existing support worker to build trust in police and create a safety plan with the client, who subsequently felt ready to complete her ABE.
• SARI and Homechoice: a client disclosed that he had been a victim of a number of hate crime incidents. The LD ISVA helped him to report these to the police and set up a joint meeting with SARI to support him. She worked with
his mental health support worker from the South Bristol Mental Health Recovery Team to put a safety plan in place, as well as writing a supporting letter to Home Choice and referring him to Shared Lives for a possible short-term accommodation option.
Figure 5:
referrals onwards from ISVA service
(the LD ISVA made 1 referral to each service, unless otherwise stated)
Housing
Safer Homes (3) Homechoice Shared lives
Criminal Justice
Witness Service Police
Mental Health
Greenhouse Art therapy Positive Minds
SV Support
The Bridge SARC SARSAS (8)
Other
SEAP (advocacy)
Employment
PLUSS
Bristol City Council Crisis Prevention Fund
Social Services
Social Services (adult/child) (7) MASH (safeguarding)
Concurrent Abuse
Nextlink (DVA) SARI (hate crimes)
The LD ISVA service referred on to various other services, most commonly social services (adult or child) and SARSAS. Figure 5 shows the most common onward referral routes.
The next section outlines some of these services’ views about the LD ISVA service.
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Onward referral