Community Care Inform
Community Care Inform is a fantastic resource available to DBC staff working with adults and children & families in Darlington. It provides a wealth of online resources created by sector experts enabling professionals to make robust, evidence based decisions and to keep on top of their CPD. It includes:
- learning tools - podcasts, videos, webinars, group learning tools and case studies to support different learning styles
- practice guidance - in-depth guides on a huge range and variety of topics as well as at a glance summaries and top tips
- legal - summaries of the most significant cases with key points for practice plus comprehensive and accessible legislative guidance
- research - the latest and most relevant social care research summarised, with key practice points highlighted.
You can also log each learning event you complete on the website in your own CPD log. You can also record training accessed via other sources & you can easily download all of the information so you have an easily accessible record of your CPD.
- Community Care Inform Adults [external link]
- Community Care Inform Children [external link]
Welcome to Community Care Inform
If you have received your subscription to CCI but you aren't sure where to start then why not join one of their weekly interactive demonstrations! This short half hour session will give you hints & tips of how to make the most of your subscription.
To book a place please click on the following link: Weekly Demonstration [external website]aler

Court Report with Tim Spencer-Lane: Care Orders & Supervision Orders
The first 40 minute episode is focused on clarifying and improving understanding of the law on care and supervision orders, with examples from recent case law to explore some of the practical considerations. To watch click on the following link: CC Inform [external website]
More from Inform Children:
- Webinar: Creating an Inclusive Work Environment for Neurodivergent Social Workers [external website]
- Children Act 1989 - Accessible Digest [external website]
- Child Sexual Exploitation: A Guide to the Case Law [external website]
More from Inform Adults:
- Health & Social Care (Wales) Act 2025 [external website]
- Webinar: Creating an Inclusive Work Environment for Neurodivergent Social Workers [external website]
- Working with Parents with Learning Disabilities [external website]