Derby and Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Partnership
Helping to keep children and young people safe in Derby and Derbyshire
DDSCP multi-agency training courses and events
The DDSCP provide introductory, core and specialist courses to help build staff skills, knowledge, and confidence when working with children, young people and families. Training is delivered by the DDSCP Training Officer and a multi-agency pool of specialist facilitators.
Multi-agency training is available for volunteers and practitioners working across Derby and Derbyshire only.
To book on an event or an e-learning course
To book on any event or e-learning course, please visit our learning management system. A guide on How to create a training account is available to support you setting up and accessing all the features on your account. If you are not sure what training you require, please speak to your manager.
Important: Delegates must create their own individual account. The account is linked to the email address you provide and certificates will only be issued in the name on that account.
What to expect in training
Once you have booked onto a course, please take a moment to look at the Information for delegates document, which will provide you information on what to expect in our training courses.
Line managers
Once a member of staff has booked on a course, the registered line manager on the account will receive a copy of the booking. Line managers will also receive an email if a member of staff cancels a place or fails to attend (no show).
The Derby and Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (DDSCP) is committed to providing high quality child protection and safeguarding training for everyone who works both directly or indirectly with children and families across Derby and Derbyshire. This includes partner agencies and those working in private, independent and voluntary sector roles. The DDSCP Training Strategy (2023) sets out the priorities for workforce development, evaluation of effectiveness and feedback from practitioners to quality assure practice.
The Derby and Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (DDSCP) delivers a wide range of multi-agency training and learning opportunities for practitioners across Derby and Derbyshire.
The DDSCP Training Pathway provides guidance on the levels of training offered by DDSCP and pathways of learning for staff to complete. The levels of training reflect the requirement of different groups of staff to meet their responsibilities and should be read together with single agency procedures and sector guidance such as:
- Royal College of Nursing Intercollegiate Document, Safeguarding Children and Young People: Roles and Competencies for Healthcare Staff, Fourth Edition January 2019
- Keeping Children Safe in Education
Please read through the Terms and Conditions, Payment Process and Privacy Notice for DDSCP training before booking onto a course or event.
Please see attached DDSCP_Training_Programme_(2025).
Dates and timings are subject to change. To see an up-to-date list and make a booking, please visit DDSCP Booking System.
All our courses and events get booked up quickly. If you no longer need a place, please cancel via the booking system or email DDSCPTraining@derby.gov.uk if cancellation has closed.
Derby and Derbyshire Safeguarding Children Partnership includes:
