Children and families' experiences of multi-agency support when impacted by serious youth violence

This report was commissioned by Ofsted on behalf of the Care Quality Commission, His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary, Fire and Rescue Services and His Majesty's Inspectorate of Probation.

Safer London works with and advocates on behalf of children and families who have been impacted by violence and exploitation. We have been pleased to work with Safer London who have, entirely independently from the inspectorates, drawn together this report about the direct experiences of children and families on our behalf and to inform our work.

The children and families who took part in this consultation were different from the children and families involved in the joint targeted area inspections, and the majority lived in different areas from those we inspected. Therefore, the inspections and this consultation work are quite separate but do focus on the same issues of multi-agency work to address serious youth violence.

The consultation provides an important insight into the experiences of children and families.