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This peer group mapping toolkit has been developed by the Hackney Children and Families Services’ (HCFS) Contextual Safeguarding Team to provide guidance to practitioners in understanding when it might be suitable to undertake peer mapping exercises, and how this process can be used to more effectively implement and manage safeguarding interventions. This includes gathering and mapping the correct information in order to determine whether a peer group assessment is required or not.\nYoung people can encounter both risks and safety within their peer networks and social circles, as well as in locations outside of their home. Through carrying out peer mapping exercises, practitioners can identify and understand the nature and extent of these. Peer mapping achieves this by:\nProviding a detailed picture of the roles and relationships between individuals, including the amount of influence and control individuals have within a network.\nGiving an understanding of the nature, scale and seriousness of the vulnerabilities posed by/to identified peer groups, individuals and locations.\nSupporting the identification of effective safeguarding interventions and other suitable multi-agency opportunities (e.g. disruption, environmental change).\nFocusing awareness on information gaps, and how to inform these by information gathering.\nProviding a foundation for the ongoing management of the peer group/location within a multi-agency partnership context.\nThis guidance is separated into two parts:\nPart one – explores the rationale for undertaking peer group mapping, identifies useful steps to consider both before and during the mapping sessions, and information on defining/managing actions for further work.\nPart two – outlines the practical steps for carrying out peer group mapping with exercises to support this.\nThis guidance should be used in conjunction with existing Children and Families Information Sharing Protocols and multi-agency partnership information sharing protocols *(An information Sharing Protocol in relation to peer group information recording currently under development)\nPart One: Rational, parameters and mapping sessions\nStarting a Peer Mapping Exercise\nRationale\nWhen starting a peer mapping exercise, consideration should be given to its purpose. Although a peer map showing connections between young people might appear useful, the end product might be limited in terms of helping practitioners understand and manage the vulnerabilities and issues identified.\nThere are a number of benefits to peer group mapping, for example:\nIdentifying key issues linked to the young people who are being mapped: Peer mapping may help practitioners identify key themes (e.g. county lines, gang exploitation) or vulnerabilities (e.g. substance misuse, mental health concerns) linked to the young people/locations being mapped. This might highlight recent incidents/events of concern that may have affected the group or specific contexts associated with the young people (e.g. recurrent schools or parks). Mapping can also identify positive elements in the group that can be strengthened/used during intervention.\nIdentifying what information is missing/still needed: Peer mapping may identify gaps in information, for example, if there are young people/locations outside of Hackney – what isn’t known about these people or areas? Are there gaps in information and can partner agencies (e.g. police, school) fill in the gaps? Are there characteristics about a location that links the young people that needs exploring further? Are there historic but thematically relevant incidents (e.g. when mapping a school network linked to image sharing, have previous inc","cbCairWIAG4wZK6Z","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairWIAG4wZK6Z","docx",282057,"English","# Part One: Peer-mapping process\n## Background\n## Starting a Peer Mapping Exercise\n### Rationale\n### Pre-Mapping Work","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of peer group mapping under Contextual Safeguarding?\",\"answer\":\"It helps practitioners decide when it is suitable to run peer mapping, gather the correct information, and determine whether a peer group assessment is required.\"},{\"question\":\"What benefits does peer group mapping provide for safeguarding planning?\",\"answer\":\"It identifies key issues and vulnerabilities, highlights missing information, supports review and management of mapped networks, and helps generate effective safeguarding interventions and multi-agency opportunities.\"},{\"question\":\"What should practitioners do before holding an initial mapping session?\",\"answer\":\"They should identify the key issues and vulnerabilities using all available information, and use the multi-stage process to challenge and reflect on existing perceptions of the identified problems and networks.\"}]","Peer group mapping guidance - Part One: Peer-mapping process | DOCX"]