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ORVIA FoundationSafeguarding concerns
A serious concern exists, but evidence, chronology and competing accounts need separating before further findings or escalation.
When to use Threshold
Use it when the next decision matters more than the first explanation.
Threshold is most useful when a concern is moving toward significant action while the evidence picture is fragmented, disputed or incomplete.
WHEN THRESHOLD IS USEFUL
Eight situations where the evidence picture needs structuring.
Employee / workforce matters
A complaint, allegation, conduct concern or management issue is moving toward formal action.
Complaints
A complaint has become serious, recurring or disputed and needs an independent evidence view.
Regulatory pressure
The organisation needs to understand whether the record supports the position being reported or relied upon.
Governance
Senior leaders or Boards are being asked to act but the evidence picture is incomplete.
Serious incidents
Multiple accounts, documents and actions need structuring before conclusions harden.
Operational escalation
A recurring problem is moving from manageable toward significant organisational risk.
Commissioning / contractual
A significant intervention, suspension, escalation or contractual decision is being considered.
THRESHOLD IS NOT ALWAYS THE ANSWER
Good triage includes saying “not us”.
Immediate emergency
Use emergency or statutory services.
Criminal investigation
Report to the appropriate law-enforcement authority where required.
Clinical decision
Requires authorised clinical professionals.
Legal advice
Requires appropriately qualified legal advice.
Routine low-risk management issue
May not justify an independent Threshold review.
Evidence preparation for known scrutiny
Witness Room may be the better ORVIA route.
DECISION SELECTOR
Which problem are you actually trying to solve?
A decision is about to be made
THRESHOLD · Review before escalation.
Bring us the concern →A complex evidence body needs preparing
WITNESS ROOM · Challenge and preparation.
Witness Room →The issue is a broader system failure
ORVIA OVERSIGHT · Oversight and systemic improvement.
ORVIA Oversight →NEXT STEP
