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Operation Encompass provides a set of of simple and effective procedures enabling police forces to effectively communicate with the schools attended by children who are experiencing domestic abuse
Operation Encompass provides a set of of simple and effective procedures enabling police forces to effectively communicate with the schools attended by children who are experiencing domestic abuse
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Within each police force individual responsibilities are clearly defined:
The partnership between Operation Encompass and Devon and Cornwall Police has proven to be an essential element for the safeguarding of children and young people experiencing domestic abuse.
Children exposed to domestic abuse are amongst the most vulnerable in our society, often harmed physically, emotionally, and psychologically.
Having been exposed to domestic violence, a child goes to school the next day often requiring urgent emotional help and assurance but unable to express what they have witnessed and the support they need.
Operation Encompass is vital to ensuring the true partnership required to safeguard these children, ensuring that police and schools deliver the necessary support at the right time. This is in the hours immediately after exposure to the incident and that information must be available in schools at the right time in order to help children and young people overcome the traumatic events they have been exposed to.
If there is a true intention to help children exposed to domestic abuse then Operation Encompass is a proven approach to ensure the protection of our children.