Welcome to Durham Safeguarding Children Partnership
The Durham Safeguarding Children Partnership, known as the DSCP, supports a wide range of organisations to coordinate Early Help and safeguarding services across County Durham. By working together organisations are better able to identify and respond to the needs of children and young people. The DSCP fulfils a wide range of responsibilities to support safeguarding activity in County Durham, some of these are legal responsibilities and others are local arrangements agreed by the partnership. Find out more about us.
News and Events
- Information Sharing – How we share information in Durham
Sharing information could change a child’s life; if you think a child is at risk, you can share information to… Read more: Information Sharing – How we share information in Durham - DSCP Annual Report 2023/2024
The Durham Safeguarding Children Partnership Annual Report 2023/2024 is now available on our Annual Reports page. - DSCP Priority Three – First 1001 Days Briefing
The Improvement Delivery Group have now completed the first five stages of the learning cycle for Priority Three. The Business… Read more: DSCP Priority Three – First 1001 Days Briefing - Key Learning – Annabel
This rapid review was conducted in January 2024 following a serious incident notification being made in response to the death… Read more: Key Learning – Annabel