Derbyshire Learning Online
Over the last 12 months, nearly 75,000 courses have been completed through Derbyshire Learning Online (DLO) including:
- e-learning completions
- video views
- webinar attendance
- face-to-face sessions
- briefings and more
More than 4,000 people log in to DLO each month and at the start of September 2025 there were 10,350 active users.
Listening to learners
We’ve introduced a 5-star quick evaluation at the end of course completions, and we’re rolling this out across all learning. As of end of July 2025 we’ve seen:
- an average rating of 4.4 out of 5
- more than 9,000 colleagues submitted ratings
- comments left on around 2% of completions.
We’ll explore more about how we’re expanding evaluation and using this feedback in an upcoming article.
Vocational qualifications: supporting career progression
Since 1 April, our vocational qualifications team has:
- registered 42 new learners
- maintained a caseload of 135 learners working toward qualifications at levels 2, 3, 4, and 5 in both Adult Social Care and Children’s Services.
Practice development: building frontline capability
The practice development team currently supports:
- 74 newly qualified social workers on the ASYE programme (Assessed and Supported Year in Employment)
- 19 social worker apprenticeship placements
- development and ongoing support for 53 Approved Mental Health Practitioners (AMPHs) which includes 18 hours of specialist training each year
- support for 29 social work supervisors
- practice educators.
Next up
We’ll continue sharing how our work reflects our values and supports colleagues across the organisation with a focus on empowerment linked to mandatory learning.
If you have questions or want to learn more, please email: james.hodges@derbyshire.gov.uk Learning and Development Design and Delivery Manager.