Risk assessment and management
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A/ Risk Assessment & Management Meeting
Agenda
A. Welcome and introductions
B. Purpose of meeting:
- To share information
- To understand the nature of the concerns
- To assess risk
- To work towards achieving the person’s wishes and desired outcomes
- To plan how to respond as a partnership
C. Confidentiality Agreement:
All information shared at this meeting is strictly confidential. It should not be used for any purpose other than the safeguarding or care of the person concerned.
D: Items
- Information about the person at risk (Including decision-making capacity and need for representation)
- Why is this assessment needed?
- Views of the person at risk (and/or their representative) about the concerns
- Desired outcomes: Changes the person at risk wants to be achieved
- What are the risks of harm being assessed? What is the evidence?
- What is the potential harm and for whom?
- What existing factors increase & decrease the risk of harm?
- Risk Management Plan actions
- Contingency Plan
- What are the views of the person at risk of these plans? Do they feel safer?
- Views of relevant people on these plans, including views of relatives
- Arrangements for review
B/ Risk Assessment & Management Template (RAMT)
Concerning the safety of:
- Name:
- Date of Birth:
- Address &
- Post code:
Name of Lead Agency
Details of contributors: Name, Job Title, Organisations, Relationship
1. Information about the person at risk. Please outline the circumstances of the person at risk and their support needs and support networks. How will the person be involved in this assessment? What support do they need to be involved? For example, does the person have mental capacity to make relevant decisions, do they need an advocate, friend or family member to facilitate their involvement?
2. Why is this assessment needed? What has happened to require this assessment? In some circumstances you may need to include a range of multi-agency views and information about agencies involvement and attempts to engage.
3. What is the person at risks’ views about the concerns? In supporting the person to manage risks in their own life, you should always start with the adult at risk’s views, record these here.
4. What changes does the person at risk want to achieve? (Desired Outcomes)
5. Assessment and Analysis (Use this section to assess and analyse the risks. This will inform your risk management plan)
5a. What are the risks of harm being assessed?
5b. What is the evidence for this?
5c. What is the potential harm, and for whom?
5d. What existing factors increase the risk of harm? Note: 5d and 5e ask you about the underlying issues. It is the understanding of these underlying issues that should be used to inform the development of a Risk Management Plan.
5e. What factors decrease the risk of harm? This refers to Existing factors that currently reduce the risk.
6. Risk Management Plan
Note:
- Consider the factors identified that increase the risk of an incident occurring/recurring. Can any of these be reduced?
- Consider the factors identified that reduce the risk of an incident occurring/recurring. Can any of these be built upon?
- Remember, include actions taken may be those of the person at risk, their friends/family, as well as practitioners or organisations.
6a. Risk Management Plan Actions
What is the action? Who will do this? When will this be done?
6b. Risk Management Plan Comments:
Note: Use this section as required. You may wish to comment on areas of disagreement or options considered that were declined by the person at risk or views on the impact/benefits of this plan for the person at risk. For example, will the plan help the person to achieve their desired outcomes?
7. Contingency Plan
Note: If, despite the risk management plan being in place, an incident occurs – record here how people should respond.
What is the action? Who is responsible.
8. What are the views of the person at risk on these plans?
8a. Does the person at risk feel safer?
9a. Views of relevant people on these plans, including relatives (where appropriate) Note: Include comments on the risk assessment and risk management plans
10. Arrangements for review: Note: How will the risk assessment/management plan be reviewed? If a review meeting is not required, please explain how risks will be monitored in the future.
Date of planned review:
Completion information:
Date completed:
Assessment completed by:
Signature:
Team Manager:
Signature:
Service Delivery Manager:
Signature:
Where the multi-agency safeguarding procedures are being followed, this section should be completed by the Safeguarding Coordinator
A. Outcome Meeting to be held Yes / No (If No, complete Outcome Record/Discussion)
B. Outcome Record/Discussion: Note: Summarise conclusions and please record, what, if any further actions have been required. This may include further discussion with the person at risk or other parties.
C. Has the persons desired outcomes been met? Fully, Partly, Not at all
D. Since the safeguarding concern was raised: Has the risk been reduced? removed? Or Does the risk remain? 0
E. Comments (if any)
Name of Safeguarding Coordinator:
Signature:
Date:
All information recorded is strictly confidential. It should not be used for any purpose other than the safeguarding or care and support of the person concerned. If any individual or organisation wishes to use information given at this meeting for any other purposes they must seek the explicit consent of the organisation or person that shared it.