Gateshead Domestic Abuse Strategy 2025-28
Action plan
The Action Plan below outlines the key strategic aims of the DAPB under the four 'pillars'. To achieve this ambitious Action Plan, the DAPB sub-groups will act as delivery mechanisms and will provide quarterly progress reports to the DAPB on the key strategic aims.
| Strategic aim | Lead |
|---|---|
| 1. Prioritising prevention 'We will work together to prevent domestic abuse from happening in the first place' | |
| All children and young people in Gateshead understand healthy relationships and are safe from the harm caused by domestic abuse, and unhealthy relationships and behaviours | Gateshead Domestic Abuse Partnership Gateshead Safeguarding Children Partnership |
| All adults in Gateshead understand and recognise domestic abuse (in all its forms) and its impact on individuals, families and communities | Gateshead Domestic Abuse Partnership |
| All professionals working with children and young people in Gateshead can recognise domestic abuse, and unhealthy relationships, and behaviours and respond appropriately and effectively to prevent further harm | Gateshead Domestic Abuse Partnership Gateshead Safeguarding Children Partnership |
| All professionals working with adults in Gateshead can recognise domestic abuse and respond appropriately and effectively to prevent further harm | Gateshead Domestic Abuse Partnership |
| 2. Supporting victims and survivors 'We will improve our response to all victim/survivors (adults and children) and their access to support across the borough' | |
| Any child or young person in Gateshead experiencing harm caused by domestic abuse, unhealthy relationships and behaviours, have access to specialist support tailored to their needs | Gateshead Domestic Abuse Partnership Gateshead Safeguarding Children Partnership |
| Any adult in Gateshead experiencing domestic abuse has access to specialist support tailored to their needs | Gateshead Domestic Abuse Partnership |
| Any adult, child or young person in Gateshead experiencing domestic abuse, can access the right support, within refuges and other types of domestic abuse safe accommodation, when they need it | Gateshead Domestic Abuse Partnership Gateshead Strategic Housing Board |
| All professionals working with victim/survivors (adults and children) and perpetrators of domestic abuse should have access to robust case management systems and information sharing protocols, to support risk identification and safeguard individuals from harm | Gateshead Domestic Abuse Partnership |
| 3. Tackling perpetrators 'We will hold perpetrators of domestic abuse to account for their behaviour and intervene at the earliest opportunity' | |
| All professionals working with adults in Gateshead can spot signs of abusive behaviour and recognise opportunities for early intervention to prevent further harm | Gateshead Domestic Abuse Partnership |
| All professionals working with children and young people in Gateshead can spot signs of unhealthy behaviour and recognise opportunities for early intervention to prevent further harm | Gateshead Domestic Abuse Partnership |
| All perpetrators of domestic abuse, and children and young people displaying unhealthy behaviours, should have access to specialist behaviour change support tailored to their needs | Gateshead Domestic Abuse Partnership Gateshead Safeguarding Children Partnership |
| All partners should understand, use and strengthen their legal frameworks (where available) to ensure perpetrators of domestic abuse are held to account for their actions and to reduce reoffending | Gateshead Domestic Abuse Partnership |
| 4. Creating a stronger system 'We will embed a whole system approach to domestic abuse in Gateshead' | |
| All partners to ensure domestic abuse is a corporate priority, to support the delivery of the Gateshead Domestic Abuse Strategy and Action Plan | Gateshead Domestic Abuse Partnership |
| All partners should understand the domestic abuse prevalence and need within their own agency/service and across the Partnership, and be able to respond effectively to emerging trends and the needs of the Gateshead population | Gateshead Domestic Abuse Partnership |
| All professionals working with victim/survivors (adults and children) and perpetrators of domestic abuse should have access to robust case management systems to support data collection and monitoring on domestic abuse prevalence, need and outcomes across the Partnership | Gateshead Domestic Abuse Partnership |
| All partners should critically reflect on their own service delivery model for victim/survivors (adults and children) and perpetrators of domestic abuse, and that of the Partnership, benchmarking against local, regional and national best practice | Gateshead Domestic Abuse Partnership |
| All partners to embed learning and action recommendations from Domestic Abuse Related Death Reviews, and appropriately challenge and hold other agencies/services to account where appropriate | Gateshead Domestic Abuse Partnership |
| All partners to engage with local communities to raise awareness of domestic abuse, promote specialist services and to listen to the voice of those with lived experience, to ensure we are meeting the needs of the Gateshead population | Gateshead Domestic Abuse Partnership |
We will review the Strategy every 3 years, in line with the statutory duty. The Action Plan is dynamic and will respond to key emerging themes and the needs of the Gateshead population.