Derby and Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Partnership
All agencies work together to keep children and young people safe
Learning Resources
This section brings together a range of learning resources developed by the DDSCP to support high-quality safeguarding practice. Informed by local and national learning, multi-agency audits, reviews, and practitioner expertise, these resources provide key messages, practical guidance, and best practice principles.
Explore our collection of 7-Minute Briefings, Best Practice Guides, and Learning on One Page documents to support your professional development and help improve outcomes for children, young people, and families.
7-Minute Briefings
Our 7-Minute Briefings are designed to provide quick, accessible learning on a range of safeguarding topics. Developed using evidence from local learning reviews, multi-agency audits, and other safeguarding initiatives, they highlight key messages and practical insights to support effective practice. Browse the links below to explore our collection of 7-Minute Briefings.
- Domestic Abuse Audit - Key Learning for Practitioners
- Early Help Assessment Audit - Key Learning for Practitioners
- Early Help - Management Oversight and Quality Assurance
- Fabricated or Induced Illness and Perplexing Presentations (August 2026)
- Managing the Risks of Dogs around Children
- Neglect Audit - Key Learning for Practitioners
- Neurodiversity and the Channel Programme
- Professional Curiosity - Links between child, animal and domestic abuse
- Sara Sharif - Key Learning Areas
- Victoria Marten - Key Learning for Practitioners
- What Professionals Need to Know - Animal abuse in the family
- Zak - Key Learning Areas
Best Practice Guides
The DDSCP develops Best Practice Guides to support practitioners working with children, young people, and families. These guides are co-produced with frontline practitioners, managers from a range of partner agencies, and families themselves, ensuring that they are practical, relevant, and grounded in real-life experiences. Their purpose is to provide clear best practice principles that complement existing legislation and statutory guidance, helping professionals across all agencies to improve outcomes, promote safety, and enhance the wellbeing of children and young people.
- Best Practice Guide - Child in Need
- Best Practice Guide - Personal Health Budgets
- Best Practice Guides - Special Guardianship Orders
Learning on One Page
Our Learning on One Page resources are designed to provide quick, practical learning at a glance. They distil key messages, best practice principles, and safeguarding insights into an easy-to-read format that can be accessed whenever needed. Informed by local and national learning, these documents support practitioners across all agencies to reflect on their practice, strengthen their knowledge, and improve outcomes for children, young people, and families.
To access learning identified across Safeguarding Adult Reviews, Domestic Abuse-Related Death Reviews, and LeDeR Reviews in Derbyshire and Derby City, please visit the following page:
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