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The right to choose: multi-agency statutory guidance for dealing with forced marriage
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Cabinet Office
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Cabinet Office
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 22
- Place of publication:
- London
This statutory guidance outlines the responsibilities concerning developing and maintaining local procedures and practice arrangements to enable front line professionals to handle cases of forced marriage effectively. It sets out how cases of forced marriage should be responded to using existing frameworks for safeguarding children with or without learning disabilities, and to protect all adults with or without learning disabilities, from the range of abuses associated with forced marriage. It also covers issues such as staff training, developing inter-agency policies and procedures, raising awareness and developing prevention programmes through outreach work. The document highlights specific arrangements that may inadvertently place a victim at risk of harm. These include failure to share information appropriately between agencies, the danger of involving families, breaches of confidentiality and all forms of family counselling, mediation, arbitration and reconciliation. The guidance is targeted to all persons and bodies in England and Wales who exercise public functions in relation to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, including local authorities, the police and Children and the Family Court Advisory and Support Service. (Edited publisher abstract)