DCC-i Resource Library · BASW-Approved CPD Provider
From DCC-i, a BASW-approved CPD provider for social care and support: search our library of practice resources covering mental capacity, safeguarding, legal literacy, strengths-based practice and reflective supervision. Resources work for individual CPD, team learning, supervision preparation and live casework across social work, NHS mental health, adult social care and the wider support workforce.
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Handpicked practice resources for social care CPD, mental capacity and strengths-based practice.
A clinical guidance resource outlining the legal and ethical requirements for obtaining valid consent under the Mental Capacity Act 2005, with a focus on prescribing cannabis-based medicinal products…
A Court of Protection decision addressing an application for a personal welfare deputy for a young adult with profound disabilities and complex medical needs. The court considered the…
This report focuses specifically on children’s capacity and decision-making in complex medical and legal contexts. It examines key cases involving looked-after children and serious medical treatment, clarifying when…
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DCC-i Resource Library
Use the filters below to narrow the library by topic, who it's for, when you'd use it and how long it takes. Stack as many as you need.
This Safeguarding Adults Review examines the circumstances leading to a preventable death, identifying key learning around risk management, multi-agency working,…
This report explores adultification bias within safeguarding, highlighting how some children are perceived as more mature or responsible than they…
A resource describing discriminatory abuse as unfair treatment based on differences such as race, gender, disability or religion. It explains…
A briefing that explains discriminatory abuse as unfair treatment based on protected characteristics such as race, gender or disability. It…
A resource explaining discriminatory abuse, hate crime and mate crime in safeguarding adults. It describes how discrimination happens when people…
A research article exploring domestic abuse against older adults using Section 42 safeguarding enquiry data. It highlights that abuse is…
A resource explaining how domestic abuse and dementia can occur together and increase vulnerability for older adults. It outlines how…
Research report examining the experiences of black and mixed heritage boys within youth offending services in England and Wales. The…
This report explores the lived experiences of black and mixed heritage boys within youth justice services, drawing on direct conversations…
⏱ 15+ mins
A comprehensive, evidence-based resource for forensic mental health social work, featuring audit tools, templates, statutory guidance, and best practice materials.…
Guardian article exploring the concept of adultification bias and its impact on black children in the UK. It highlights how…
⏱ 15+ mins
This local learning review examines a case of serious youth violence and gang-related activity, focusing on multi-agency safeguarding responses and…
⏱ 15+ mins
Concise framework outlining key safeguarding competencies for staff at all levels, supporting consistent, person-centred and lawful adult safeguarding practice under…
⏱ 15+ mins
Detailed framework setting out the full range of safeguarding competencies across roles, including practice, leadership and multi-agency responsibilities.
⏱ 15+ mins
Multi-agency practice framework outlining eight core principles to support responses to child exploitation, including child-centred, trauma-informed, strengths-based and partnership approaches.
⏱ 5–15 mins
Guidance outlining when and how to refer cases for a Safeguarding Adults Review (SAR), focusing on multi-agency learning following serious…
⏱ 15+ mins
A national review examining serious cases of child criminal exploitation, identifying risk factors, service gaps, and key recommendations to improve…
⏱ 15+ mins
This report presents the final (Stage 3) conclusions and improvement priorities from the second national analysis of Safeguarding Adult Reviews…
⏱ 15+ mins
This report provides the Stage 2 detailed analysis of learning from the second national review of Safeguarding Adult Reviews (SARs),…
⏱ 15+ mins
This report presents a large-scale quantitative analysis of 652 Safeguarding Adult Reviews (SARs) completed between April 2019 and March 2023,…
⏱ 15+ mins
National report analysing learning from safeguarding adult reviews, identifying good practice, recurring shortcomings and improvement themes across direct practice, interagency…
⏱ 15+ mins
National report presenting conclusions and sector-wide improvement priorities from safeguarding adult reviews, focusing on governance, system learning and policy development.
⏱ Under 5 mins
This poster raises awareness of self-neglect and encourages early identification and supportive engagement with individuals who may be struggling. It…
⏱ 5–15 mins
This 7-minute briefing provides a concise overview of self-neglect in the context of adult safeguarding, including its definition under the…
⏱ 5–15 mins
This learning briefing provides an overview of self-neglect, including what it is, common signs, underlying causes, and how it should…
⏱ 15+ mins
Behavioural Insights Team report analysing 50 London homicide cases through a structured coding framework to explore how mental health, drugs,…
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