Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2026
Link to view on gov.uk website: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a9081309a177a1decf97b00/Keeping_children_safe_in_education_2026.pdf
Gender Identity Practitioner Toolkit
Please click here to view the Gender Identity Practitioner Toolkit
Our new Dorset Safeguarding Children Partnership Library is now live: https://www.dorsetscplibrary.co.uk
Sharing Child Safeguarding Information with Dorset Police
https://www.dorset.police.uk/partners/partner-services/community-partner-intelligence/v2/share-community-partnership-intelligence
Working Together Guidance (2026)
The Department for Education (DfE) have now published updated Working Together guidance (2026) which replaces the previous version issued in 2023. They have also published a summary of changes to the guidance. Please review these changes to ensure you are adhering to these and take the opportunity to refresh yourself on the statutory guidance …
Guidance for Practitioners on Rapid Reviews and Learning Reviews
The Dorset Safeguarding Children Partnership have developed dedicated guidance for practitioners who may be directly involved with a child, young person and family subject to a Rapid Review, Child Safeguarding Practice Review or Local Learning Review to help them understand their role in the process. This guidance can be read in conjunction …
Protocol for the Protection of the Unborn Child
The Dorset Safeguarding Children Partnership and the BCP Safeguarding Children Partnership have published their revised protection for the unborn child protocol, which includes the following updates: Please take some time to review the protocol and ensure you are adhering to …
Dorset SCP recruited new Independent Scrutineer
The Dorset SCP have recently recruited a new Independent Scrutineer, Ben Mant and you will find further information about Ben and his role in the Partnership here
⭐ Com Networks – a presentation by the National Crime Agency please read
The National Crime Agency has presented to the Dorset Safeguarding Children Partnership on the emerging threat to our children and young people from Com Networks. To learn more about Com Networks, how to identify one, and what to do if …
Bereveament support services for children & young people and parents/carers
The Partnership has collated a list of both local and national services that offer bereavement support to children and young people and parents/carers. Professionals can access the list of these services via these pages Supporting Young People Who Have Experienced Bereavement …
Dorset Council Children’s Services have published best practice guidance for working with neurodivergent families, which has been co-produced with a cohort of neurodivergent parents/carers, and this can be utilized by other professionals working with children, young people and families across the …
The Dorset Safeguarding Children Partnership has now reviewed and refreshed their strategic priorities, in line with both local and national data, local learning reviews and findings from quality assurance activity amongst other areas, in relation to child safeguarding. The updated …
Revised DSCP Child Neglect Strategy 2025 – 2027 now published
The Dorset Safeguarding Children Partnership has now revised their Child Neglect Strategy. Please take some time to familiarize yourself with the strategy. The Partnership has four main strategic objectives in relation to tackling child neglect and these are set out on …
Pan-Dorset Child Death Overview Panel Annual Report 2023 – 2024 – now published
The CDOP annual report 23/24 has now been published on the DSCP website. This sets out the work of the Panel during this reporting period and sets out at the end of the report the further developments planned for the …
Dorset Council Children’s Services’ commissioning team are currently leading a review of policies and procedures use across the Children’s Services’ policies and procedures manuals as well as the Dorset Safeguarding Children Partnerships’ manual. We would like to invite multi-agency practitioners …
Updated Pan-Dorset protocol for bruises and other injuries to non-mobile babies and children
Following recent rapid reviews held in Dorset in relation to non-accidental injuries to non-mobile babies, the Pan-Dorset protocol has been updated to reflect the learning identified in these reviews. This includes: You will find the updated protocol on our DSCP …
UPDATED – Dorset Continuum of Need
The Dorset Continuum of Need has now been updated. Although the content of this document remains the same, it has been updated to make it more user friendly.
UPDATED: DSCP Domestic Abuse Toolkit
The Dorset Safeguarding Children Partnership have now updated the Domestic Abuse Toolkit. Our core procedures for responding to domestic abuse can be found in the Dorset Safeguarding Children Partnership Library. This toolkit has been designed to give professionals resources and information that will enable …
New Dorset Council LADO Referral Form
If you have concerns regarding an adult who works with a child, then this should be reported to the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) within one working day. In the first instance, please could you report your concern/allegation against a …
New Course! PDSCP – Online Safety (Partnership Working)
Equip yourself with the skills to guide young people and families on online safety! Join our interactive Online Safety Train the Trainer session designed for professionals working with children and young people across the Dorset and BCP areas. Course Highlights: …
Report Remove is here to help young people under 18 in the UK to confidentially report sexual imagesand videos of themselves and remove them from the internet. Having your nudes shared can feel scary, and it can leave you feeling …
Dorset Multi-Agency Extra-Familial Harm Strategy now published
Dorset Safeguarding Children Partnership have developed their multi-agency strategy in relation to extra-familial harm of children and young people. Click here to learn more
The Dorset multi-agency resolution and escalation procedure for work with children, young people and families has been revised and updated and is now available to access here. Please take some to review this. The procedure sets out the core principles for …
