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
- DSCP Development Day: 22 May 2024 – First 1001 DaysOn the 22 May 2024 the Durham Safeguarding Children Partnership will host a Development Day focused on the First 1001 Days… Read more: DSCP Development Day: 22 May 2024 – First 1001 Days
- Learning From Practice (Fathers, Male Carers)Durham Safeguarding Children Partnership (DSCP) champions good multi-agency working and supports practitioner learning with examples of cases where practice demonstrates… Read more: Learning From Practice (Fathers, Male Carers)
- Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023On 15 December 2023, the government published “Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023. Statutory guidance on multi-agency working to help,… Read more: Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023
- Clarify, Verify and Reflect: Professional CuriositySelf-Reported Information- Clarify, Verify and Reflect: Professional Curiosity Learning from national and local case reviews tells us that sometimes children… Read more: Clarify, Verify and Reflect: Professional Curiosity