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Learning from Reviews

The Derby and Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Partnership will publish learning from different types of reviews carried out in Derby and Derbyshire. 

The reviews are set out in date order.

Safeguarding school age children and young people - Learning from Reviews

The Derby and Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Partnership carried out case reviews to understand the lived experiences of nine school age children and their siblings in different unconnected families in Derby and Derbyshire. This briefing aims to help all professionals coming into contact with school age children and young people apply the learning from these reviews in their day-to-day practice.

DDSCP Briefing Safeguarding school age children and young people - Learning from reviews 2021

Promoting the Safety of Babies - Learning from Reviews

This briefing sets out the main themes and key learning points from case reviews carried out following serious harm experienced by babies under the age of 1 year as a result of abuse or neglect between 2018 and 2020 across both Derby and Derbyshire.

  • Promoting the Safety of Babies - Learning from Reviews July 2021

Multi Agency Learning Review for Aaron

Derbyshire Safeguarding Adults Board (DSAB) conducted a Multi Agency Learning Review in 2019 with support from Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Board representatives to identify learning from a case in which a young man, referred to as Aaron (not his real name), sadly and unexpectedly died at the age of 19 after taking an illegal drug at a social event. Available Reports:

  • Learning Briefing MALR19

Andy Searle, Independent Chair, Derbyshire Safeguarding Adults Board provides a statement about the publication of the learning briefing

  • MALR19 Publication Statement

Review of a case YP2017

The review concerns the death of a young person with complex mental health needs who spent time in a number of out of County residential placements during the few years before he returned to Derbyshire and who was found lifeless with a ligature around his neck. Available Reports:

  • Briefing Note for YP2017

Learning Review SILR17B

The learning review concerns the death of a young person, where obesity was considered to have contributed to the death. Available Reports:

  • Briefing Note for SILR17B

Learning Review SALR17A

The learning review concerns a 17 year old male whose death related to alcohol. The review was commissioned due to the young person being Electively Home Educated.  Available Reports:

  • Briefing Note for SALR17A

Learning Review SALR16B

The learning review concerns a teenager with ASD who had been inappropriately detained under the mental health act. Available Reports:

  • Briefing Note for SALR16B

Learning Review SALR16A

The learning review concerns a baby who had been born to a mother where previous children had been removed because of sexual abuse. Available Reports:

  • Briefing Note for SALR16A

Learning Review SILR15B

The learning review concerns the death of a 4 month old baby, Available reports:

  • Briefing Note for SILR15B

Learning Review SILR15A

The learning review concerns a 16 year old female who took her own life. Available reports: 

  • Learning Review Report for SILB15A

Learning Review SILR14B

The learning review concerns the death of a 15 year old male due to drugs overdose. Available reports: 

  • Learning Review Report for SILB14B

Child Sexual Exploitation Learning Review of Operation Kern

The Derby Safeguarding Children Board carried out a learning review of Operation Kern. This police operation included the arrest and prosecution of 12 males for sexually exploiting girls in Derby.

Operation Kern followed immediately on from Operation Retriever, also involving sexual exploitation, which was the subject of a serious case review.

The learning review identifies further learning from Operation Kern about following areas:

  • A young person's experience of support before, during and after Court
  • A parents/carers experience of the support and trial
  • A professional's experience through a complex Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) trial, identifying any organisational and procedural barriers to service delivery.

The Learning Review Summary: Operation Kern 2013 sets out more detail about the findings of the review.

Learning and Improvement: Review of Serious Case Reviews and Learning Reviews 2008-2014

Derby Safeguarding Children Board has published a report DSCB Review of Serious Case Reviews and Learning Reviews 2008-2014 to set out the themes that have emerged from the reviews carried out in Derby.

The aim of this report is to support multi-agency workforce development as part of the learning improvement framework. Agencies and individuals can use this report to explore the main themes that have emerged following an analysis of serious case reviews and learning reviews.

The report includes a summary of the changes that have occurred to local practice and how outcomes have improved for children, young people and their families and examples of good practice.

The following two briefings have been produced setting out a summary of the themes and good practice for:

  • DSCB Working with Babies and Pre School Children
  • DSCB Working with School Aged Children

Learning from a 2014 Serious Incident Learning Review

The Derby and Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Boards’ have published a briefing outlining top tips for Supporting practitioners working with new and emerging communities. 

In this section:

  • Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews
  • Learning Reviews
  • Aston Hall

Derby and Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Partnership includes:

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