Multi agency public protection arrangements (MAPPA)

Multi agency public protection arrangements, MAPPA, is not a statutory body but a mechanism for agencies to better discharge their statutory responsibilities. Protecting the public in a coordinated way. The police, probation and prison services work together to manage serious and violent offenders. This includes offenders considered to pose a risk, or potential risk of harm to children.

Various agencies providing services to offenders have a duty to co-operate with the responsible authority. These agencies include:

• health
• housing 
• Children's Social Care
• education
• youth offending teams
• jobcentre
• electronic monitoring providers 

The Strategic Management Board includes:

• police
• probation
• prison
• representatives from many agencies with a "duty to cooperate"
• lay advisors

The responsible authority discharges the duties and obligations through the board.

Within Gateshead the strategic management board meets quarterly to:

• oversee the work of the MAPPA and manage performance
• review and monitor the effectiveness of arrangements
• receive referrals on managed individual offenders that commit serious violent or sexual offences while 
• ensure independent review of management of risks and determine whether local strategic reviews form part of statutory review
• determine any necessary revision to arrangements
• act as final arbiter where local MAPPA fails to agree on issues about offenders who are subject to management in the community

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