Team: Dr Sara Morgan, Associate Professor School of Primary Care, Population Sciences, and Medical Education

Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton

Mrs Katerina Porter, Senior Research Assistant, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton

Dr Eunice Aroyewun,Senior Research Assistant at the School of primary care, population science and medical education, University of Southampton

Supervisor: Professor Julie Parkes, School of Primary Care, Population Sciences, and Medical Education

Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton

The aim of the evaluation is to map the pathways by which victim-survivors are referred for, and receive, support for domestic abuse situations, from the Council and its partners. There are several processes to which victim-survivors can be referred in Southampton City: PIPPA and HRDA.

PIPPA stands for the Prevention, Intervention, & Public Protection Alliance, and is the referral and support process for domestic abuse cases that have been assessed as standard- or medium-risk. PIPPA is a group of services working together to end domestic and sexual violence in Southampton, and comprises the following agencies:

• STOP Domestic Abuse

• Yellow Door

• Southampton City Council’s Independent Domestic Violence Advisor (IDVA) Service

• Hampton Trust

• South Hampshire Women’s Refuge

• No Limits

HRDA stands for the High-Risk Domestic Abuse (process), and is the referral and support process for domestic abuse cases that have been assessed as high-risk.

The process begins when someone makes the decision to refer a victim-survivor of domestic abuse to Southampton City Council, for support. The referrer could be from the Police, or Council team member from Adult Safeguarding, Children’s Services, Substance Abuse, Housing, or a member of the public, including the victim-survivor themselves. At this point, the referrer must use the DASH (Domestic Abuse, Stalking, & Honour-based violence) checklist tool to assess the risk of the domestic violence situation (https://www.dashriskchecklist.co.uk/, accessed 26/02/23). This tool was developed by the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) and Laura Richards, in conjunction with SafeLives (formerly Coordinated Action Against Domestic Abuse (CAADA). Southampton City Council currently use a 24-question DASH checklist. The number of risk indicators (0-24) which are identified on the completed DASH suggest at which risk level the case should be assessed.

The levels of risk are based on the Offender Assessment System (OASys), developed by the Prison and Probation Services definitions of what constitutes standard, medium, and high risk. For futher information email the team