The Derby and Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Partnership

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 improve local safeguarding arrangements and hold each other to account as to how they are keeping children safe.

This site provides information for the public, children, young people, parents, carers and professionals.

The partnership has a number of subgroups to carry out its work.

The subgroups are

• Education Groups (one in each area)
• Districts’ Safeguarding Group (covering all district council areas)
• A Stakeholders Group

Joint subgroups are held to improve how we work together across Derby and Derbyshire

• Child Safeguarding Practice Review Group (previously known as Serious Case Review Panel)
• Policy and Procedures Subgroup
• Learning and Organisational Development Group
• Quality Assurance Group
• Exploitation and Vulnerable Young People Group

Derby and Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Partnership Officer Roles

Steve Atkinson is the Independent Chair and Scrutineer

The DDSCP Business Team

• Mark Sobey is the Partnership Manager
• Neil Lowther is the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Manager
• Amanda Ratcliffe is the Policy, Procedure and Regulation Officer
• Carol Woods is the Vulnerable Children and Young People Development Officer
• Vicky Thornber is the Strategic Performance and Quality Assurance Officer
• Sarah O'Brien is the Senior Learning and Organisational Development Officer
• Lisa Donelan is the Learning and Organisational Development Officer
• Ella Boulton is the Business Services Officer (Child Safeguarding Practice) 
• Charlie Chamberlain is the Business Services Officer (Child Safeguarding Practice)
• Sue Phillips is the Business Services Officer (Training)
• Cheryl Wilde is the Business Services Officer (Meetings and Quality Assurance)

Steve Atkinson and members of the team can be contacted using the contact details below or the email ddscp@derby.gov.uk