Confidentiality: Abuse and Data Protection Act

An employee should uphold the confidentiality of information assigned to them by the company and its customers, except when revelation of such information is authorized or required by applicable laws, rules or regulations. “Confidential information” includes all records, non-public information related to the company and its business, customers, or vendors that come to an employee in the course of carrying out the employee’s duties and that can be value to competitors or damaging to the company or its business if revealed.

1.5 Explain how processes used by work setting or service comply with legislation that covers data protection, information handling and sharing.

Why it is important to reassure children, young people and adults about confidentiality and why it may need to be breached.

One of the central codes of practice in health and social care has been provided by the GSCC and it sets standards of practice and behaviour for staff working in that field, including standards

Adults who work with children and young people will come to know most of the personal information like date of birth, address and contact details and also sensitive information like behavioural issues, some medical information, family background, whether parents are divorcing and so on. It is the responsibility of the adult to keep this information confidential. They must protect the identity of the child they work with and that of their families and carers. They must do everything in their power to protect the privacy of every child and adult.

It is important to maintain confidentiality on a childcare setting in order to respect individuals in your care and their families.

All of the staff need to make sure that confidentiality is paramount. Staff have to read and understand the Data Protection Act of 1998. We have to make sure that we are clear about our standards of conduct, that we are expected to meet. We are encouraged to use the codes of conduct to maintain our own practice

When assessing a child you must be careful to take into account confidentiality before carrying out an observation you must have parents and the settings permission and not to leave confidential material lying around they must be secured in a locked cabinet. Only talk to authorized personal about

Records should only show information that is essential to the service but there may be conflicts or dilemmas when a practitioner is asked to share information or the information might identify the person, or the information is confidential. The practitioner is unsure about the need to share the information, how much to share and when and how it can be shared.

1. Confidentiality must be kept at all times. You must have the senior practitioner’s and/or the parents’ permission before making formal observations of children. Do not to leave confidential material lying around they must be secured in a locked cabinet. Line of reporting-only talk to authorized personal about confidential material. This confidentially can only be broken when a child is at real risk.

The main points of legislation and procedures covering confidentiality, are that confidential documents/records should only be accessed by the appropriate people, except where a child /pupil is potentially at risk. Information should only be shared if previously agreed, for example, parental consent which involves parents signing a consent form.

Clients have some protections in terms of privacy and expectations that information will not be made available for everyone to see, referred to as confidentiality. Clients are responsible for keeping personal identifying information, such as addresses, phone numbers, and Social Security numbers, confidential and only available to those people within the organization who need this information for legitimate purposes. The textbook refers to Model Rules of Professional Conduct when it

Confidentiality is when you allow a child’s assessment and other records to only be available to school personnel, agency officials, and parents. This means that a teacher can only share these results with certain people and if they share them with other parents then they are breaking confidentiality. Not only are the teachers not to share assessment results but it also includes: medical, demographic, family history, academic history, and attendance records. The records with this information on it should be in a locked file so that not anyone can look into these files. At Caldwell, we have a special education office where we put this information into a filing cabinet that is locked. There are several different people who go in and out of this

The main purpose of the Data Protection Act is to give all individual(s) the rights over their personal data and information. The act requires anyone who handles an individual’s personal data to agree with a number of important principles and legal obligations. All individuals are entitled upon making an access request, to be supplied with a copy of any information held about them. The individuals also have the right to challenge the processing of their personal data and to claim compensation if they suffer a loss or damage because of the inaccurate information.

All personal data held must be evident, and must convey adequate material for others to comprehend them. Information that is essential should be collected and held. Records should be clear, accurate and worded in a professional matter. Any abbreviations must be agreed widely. Opinions should be clearly distinct from matters of fact and the personal data which is sensitive must only be held if really required.