What is a Learning from Experience Review?
The purpose of a Learning from Experience Review is not an attempt to apportion blame, single out individual practitioners, or be critical of specific agencies. It is the opportunity for the Partnership to work with all practitioners involved to understand if there is potential learning to prevent similar incidents happening in the future.
Some serious incidents do not meet the critera for a local Child Safeguarding Practice Review (CSPR) but may nevertheless raise issues of importance to the local area. This can include examples where there has been good practice, poor practice or where there is learning to be gained. In Plymouth, we have called these Learning from Experience Reviews. These reviews differ to a Rapid Review or Child Safeguarding Practice Review (CSPR) because there are no statutory timescales, and the final report does not need to be sent to the Child Safeguarding National Review Panel.
Partner agencies, supported by the PSCP Business Unit, work together to collate what agencies know about that child/family. A Learning Event is held to discuss the information and make recommendations for next steps, after which a one-page learning report is produced.
