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 Welcome to the March edition of the Cumberland Safeguarding Children Partnership (CSCP) Newsletter.
Within this Newsletter, you will find useful information from across the partnership and from our partner agencies relating to Safeguarding, which is aimed to support Practitioners and Professionals in their role.
The Department for Education (DfE) has updated Working Together to Safeguard Children, its statutory guidance on multi-agency working to safeguard children in England. The guidance applies to all organisations and agencies in England who have functions relating to children, setting out how they can work together to support and protect children.
Changes include:
- identifying, understanding and challenging racism and discrimination;
- recognising the specific needs and experiences of babies;
- understanding the impact of domestic abuse on children and families;
- information on Operation Encompass;
- consideration of children experiencing simultaneous harms or multiple harms;
- strengthened inclusion of children in care;
- and guidance on Family Help.
The DfE has also updated its supporting information for local areas on embedding Working together to safeguard children and its statutory Children’s social care national framework for those who work in local authority children’s social care. NSPCC Learning will publish a CASPAR briefing summarising the changes.
Read the guidance: Working Together to Safeguard Children 2026 (pdf)
Read the supporting information: Improving practice with children, young people and families
Access the framework: Children’s social care national framework (pdf)
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Domestic Abuse Related Death Review - Learning Event relating to Helen
A Domestic Abuse Related Death Review (DARDR- also known as a Domestic Homicide Review- DHR) will be carried out when a person aged 16 or over dies, as a result of violence, abuse or neglect by a relative or someone they've been in an intimate relationship with. This also covers deaths by suicide, where Domestic Abuse has been a feature.
A DARDR is an opportunity for national and local agencies, local communities, and society to pay attention to each individual victim and to treat every fatality as preventable.
Independent Chair, Mike Cane, will lead this session, sharing the learning from DHR Helen- who was murdered by someone they were in an intimate relationship with. The session will also reflect on similar themes emerging from other reviews, giving attendees the opportunity to reflect on Professional Curiosity, Risk Assessment and other vulnerabilities
Findings from the review - https://cumberlandcsp.org.uk/node/4669.
Details of Learning Event
- Thursday 28 May 2026 (11.00am to 12.00pm) - via Microsoft Teams
To book your place, please email Nell.Johnston@cumberland.gov.uk
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Westmorland and Furness Safeguarding Children Partnership (WFSCP) and Cumberland Safeguarding Children Partnership (CSCP) are pleased to welcome Recovery Steps to deliver Parental Substance Misuse Training, which follows on from learning identified in recent local reviews.
Brief Description / Summary of Training content:
This session explores the impact of parental drug and alcohol use on children and young people, drawing on learning from recent local reviews. It aims to strengthen practitioners’ understanding, confidence and multi‑agency responses when supporting families affected by substance use.
Who the training is aimed at:
Practitioners within the children’s workforce, including early help, education, health, social care, police and voluntary/community sector colleagues, across the whole of Cumbria.
Details of session:
- Thursday 11 June 2026 (9.30am to 12.30pm) - Microsoft Teams
As this is Pan-Cumbria training, Westmorland & Furness Safeguarding Children Partnership (WFSCP) are taking all bookings.
Therefore, to book your place or for any queries, please email WFSCPTraining@cumbria.gov.uk, including the following details:
- Your full name
- Job title
- Organisation
- Email address
TRAINING
Cumberland Safeguarding Children Partnership have a range of training sessions on offer.
Please visit our training page on the website for all eLearning/face to face courses offered to professionals and volunteers working with children, young people and their families who live in Cumberland.
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Keeping Children Safe in Education 2026
The Department for Education (DfE) has launched a consultation seeking views on proposed revisions to the 'Keeping Children Safe in Education' (KCSIE) statutory guidance for schools and colleges in England. Proposed revisions include: an updated section on supporting children who are questioning their gender; a new section on mobile phone policies; and updates to the mental health section and serious violence section. The consultation closes on 22 April 2026.
Respond to the consultation: Keeping children safe in education: proposed revisions 2026
Online Safety Consultation
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has launched a consultation on measures to prepare children for the future in an age of rapid technological change. The government is seeking views from everyone, including children and young people. The consultation will consider how children use digital technology as well as views on measures including: potential age restrictions on social media and other services; restrictions on design features that encourage excessive use, such as infinite scrolling and autoplay; the digital age of consent; and better supports for parents and families. The consultation will close on the 26th May 2026.
Find out more: Growing up in the online world: a national consultation
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