Best practice guidance
A practical guide to effective action planning in MARAC, including:
- What is action planning at MARAC?
- Why is action planning important?
- How do you action plan at MARAC?
- Who is involved in action planning?
MARAC action planning toolkit
Strengthening action planning in MARAC
Action planning is an important part of the MARAC process. It is through coordinated, multi-agency action that risks are reduced, safety is increased, and meaningful change is achieved for those at high-risk of serious harm or homicide because of domestic abuse.
To support MARAC professionals across Scotland, SafeLives Safer Sooner project has developed a MARAC action planning toolkit . This toolkit brings together guidance and practical resources to support consistent, high-quality action planning before, during and after MARAC meetings.
The toolkit has been informed by feedback from MARAC Chairs, Coordinators and frontline professionals, as well as insights from SafeLives work across the UK.
What’s included in this toolkit?
The toolkit combines best practice guidance with practical tools to support action planning at every stage of the MARAC process.
MARAC action planning prompt checklist
A simple prompt checklist designed to support real-time action planning during MARAC meetings.
MARAC minutes & action plan template
An updated template designed to support clearer documentation of MARAC discussions and agreed actions.
MARAC action tracking template
A practical tool to help track progress on agreed actions between meetings.
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