The Durham Safeguarding Children Partnership Annual Report 2024/2025 is now available on our Annual Reports page.
Information sharing: Harm Outside of the Home (HOTH)
It is only through sharing information that agencies or organisations and practitioners build a richer picture of the day-to-day life of the child and family they are working with.
We have developed an Information Sharing Agreement to provide a framework to share information to safeguard children and young people, specifically when considering information relating to HOTH.
It sets out clear expectations and the importance of timely, informed, respectful and purposeful gathering and sharing of information.
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 protect them from harm and to provide the right help at the right time which allows us to safeguard children and provide support at an early stage.
It is not necessary to seek consent to share information for the purposes of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of a child provided that there is a lawful basis to process any personal information required.
Find out more by accessing the DSCP training package which will support you in your role to share information to safeguard children and young people. The course covers:
- learning from practice in Durham
- information sharing in the context of safeguarding; a strong emphasis on prevention, and;
- sharing within the lawful basis of ‘public task’ rather than consent
Training can be found at Information sharing – How We Share in Durham (durham-scp.org.uk)
For further information contact DSCP Business Unit; DSCPSecure@durham.gov.uk
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 Unit have created a briefing for practitioners to explain what we have looked at and to give some helpful links to resources and guidance. It is an A3 document designed to be taken into team meetings, supervisions or to be used by practitioners to help them to reflect on key learning, shares strengths in practice, identifies areas for learning in safeguarding practice, together with details on the steps you can take to find out more and access further training and resources.
Key Learning – Annabel
This rapid review was conducted in January 2024 following a serious incident notification being made in response to the death of a young baby. The review document includes the safeguarding concerns and incident, what’s worked well, learning from practice and what the DSCP is doing.