Paper that provides some early findings from a Home Office funded project to improve national and local understanding of the different local multi-agency models in place to support information sharing around safeguarding responses for children and vulnerable people.
The project aimed to develop a national picture of the range of innovative approaches in place locally for example through Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hubs (MASH), co-located assessment or specialist teams - which appeared to be driving improved safeguarding approaches for children and vulnerable adults through better information sharing and high quality and timely safeguarding responses.