Children and young people in Devon are best safeguarded when key agencies work together effectively. The Devon Safeguarding Children Partnership (Devon SCP) is designed to help make this happen.
We will always aim to help children and families be more resilient, strengthen relationships and build social connections and are committed to working together to:
- Listen, hear and understand
- Get under the surface to understand what is driving your problems
- Help you help yourself through information, advice and support as early as possible
- Support your whole family & build on your strengths where needed
- Be flexible, adaptable and personalised
- Work in ways that are right for you with support that is integrated and community-based
Our Quality Assurance Framework
The Devon SCP is collectively responsible as a Partnership for strategic oversight of safeguarding arrangements across the county. Our role is to lead, coordinate, develop, challenge, and monitor the delivery of effective child protection and safeguarding practice by all agencies in Devon.
Our Quality Assurance Framework underpins our work, our quality assurance, and our overarching approach to learning and improvement.
Our safeguarding arrangements
In response to Working Together to Safeguarding Children, the Devon SCP partners – Devon County Council, NHS Devon ICB, and Devon & Cornwall Police – agreed and published our local Safeguarding Arrangements for Children and Young People in Devon.
This details how we:
- work together to identify and respond to the needs of children in the area
- commission and publish local child safeguarding practice review
- make sure the effectiveness of the arrangements are independently scrutinised.
Our policies and procedures
Please refer to our policies and procedures page. Our practice is based on the following current legislation and statutory guidance.
Our subgroups
The Devon SCP work with local subgroups, locality forums and have collaborative arrangements with the South West Peninsula Local Safeguarding Children Partnerships. A breakdown of these groups is available here.
Our business team
Our business team is a small group of people who support the Devon SCP to carry out its core functions, including the subgroups, learning reviews and delivering training.
You can contact the business team by using the form below. Please do not use this form to make urgent safeguarding enquiries.
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