Derby and Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Partnership
All agencies work together to keep children and young people safe
Derby and Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Partnership
Welcome to the Derby and Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (DDSCP) Website.
Derby City Council, Derbyshire County Council, Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board and Derbyshire Constabulary (the statutory partners) work in partnership with relevant agencies such as health providers, schools and education settings, probation providers and others to challenge and hold each other to account as to how they are keeping children safe.
The purpose of local arrangements is to support and enable organisations and agencies across Derby and Derbyshire to work together to ensure that:
- children are safe and their health and welfare is promoted;
- children experience effective care and support;
- children are enabled to achieve the best outcomes;
- there is early identification and analysis of new safeguarding issues and emerging threats across the area;
- learning is promoted and embedded in a way that local services can become more reflective and implement changes to practice identified as positive for children and families;
- information is shared effectively to facilitate more accurate and timely decision making for children and families.
Strong leadership will be critical for the new arrangements to be effective in bringing together the range of organisations and agencies within the partnership. An Independent Scrutineer will provide ongoing scrutiny of the work of the statutory safeguarding partners across Derby and Derbyshire who have equal and joint responsibility for local safeguarding arrangements.
Information provided on this site
- Important advice if you are Worried about a child or young person
- Information about the work of the DDSCP including its its subgroups and annual reports
- Published Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews
- Access to the Derby and Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Procedures
- Online training courses provided as part of the DDSCP Training Programme
- Support and advice to help Children and Young People
Contact us
You can email us: ddscp@derby.gov.uk
We are based at184 Kedleston Road,Derby,
DE22 1GT Our postal address isDerby and Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Partnership,The Council House,Corporation Street,Derby,DE1 2FS Find us on Google Maps
Latest News
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A 7 minute briefing outlining core principles to help improve practice.
Sara Sharif: 7 Minute Learning
A 7 minute learning document which outlines the key learning areas alongside several practice principles which can support practitioners and their managers when working with children and families in circumstances similar to Sara’s.
Derby and Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Partnership includes:
