Legislation and Policies Governing Confidentiality and the Sharing of Information: Data Protection Act 1998 Any organisation that holds information on individuals needs to be registered with the Information Commissioner. This is designed to ensure that confidential information cannot be passed onto others without the individual’s consent, or the parents or guardians consent with regard to children. Individuals also have the right to access personal data held on file about themselves, or in the case of children, the parent or guardian could exercise this right. There are eight principles of practice that govern the use of personal information. Information must be: * processed fairly and lawfully * used only for the purpose …show more content…
* Confidential information given by parents or guardians to the School will not be passed on to other adults without permission. * Any anxieties or evidence relating to a child’s personal safety will be kept in a confidential file. * Students on recognised courses observing in, or working at, the School will be advised of our confidentiality policy and will be required to respect it. * Issues to do with the employment of staff, whether paid or unpaid, will remain confidential to the people directly involved with making personnel decisions. * All procedures and record keeping will comply with current Data Protection Legislation. Undertaking: The School will ensure that all staff and volunteers are aware of the need to maintain the confidentiality of information relating to the personal details of children, staff or volunteers. UNDERSTANDING LEGISLATION, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CONFIDENTIALITY AND THE SHARING OF INFORMATION RACHEL BAILEY. UNIT 1 (3.1, 3.2 &
With the Data Protection Act (1998), the nursery has to control and protect the handling of the personal information of children and parents. Recklessness and naivety can cause personal information being let out into the public eye. Staff writing down children’s or their parent’s personal details or opinions can end up open to public view. This can be minimised by making sure all data is
A guideline to all staff on how pupil’s behaviour should be managed. It is important that this policy is constantly being applied to ensure full safety of the pupils; this is why all staff must be familiar with this policy.
Practitioners have a legal duty of confidence with regards to person information that they hold about children young people and their families. Any information you receive about young people and their families. In my work setting information should only be shared with professionals, all information child protection records should be kept securely. These are kept behind the manager’s desk on a tall shelf so that children can’t access them. Personal information should only be disclosed to third parties such as social services after obtaining the consent to who the information relates to in some child protection matters but it may not be possible to obtain consent. The data protection act 1998 allow allegation without consent in some circumstances for example to detect and prevent crime, to apprehend prosecute and offender.
Why it is important to reassure children, young people and adults about confidentiality and why it may need to be breached.
Is a guideline to all staff on how pupils behaviour should be managed. It is important that this policy is constantly being applied to ensure full safety of the pupils, this is why all staff MUST be familiar with this policy.
In a nursery everyone is working in best interest of every child, if a child has a certain disability or medical condition that everybody found out about, that child has a high chance of being treated differently and very unfairly. There are many examples of personal records which must be kept confidential such as; registration and admission forms, signed consents, information concerning the child and/or family, reports from meetings concerning the child from other agencies, observations from the staff on any confidential matter involving the child e.g.; development concerns or child protection matters, incident and accident logs.
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.
Children and their families have the right to privacy of their home lives. Information on the child and family needs to keep confidential and only shared if permission is given from the parents/carer. Conflict will occur when safeguarding the child from abuse from a family member. This information will then needed to be shared with other agencies this may need to be done without the parents consent in the interest of the child’s welfare. This information will still need to be done on a need to know bases and no gossiping.
• Confidentiality and when, for the safety of the child or young person confidentiality must be breached.
Effective information sharing by professionals is central to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. This sharing of information makes an important contribution to the shift to addressing children’s needs at an early stage rather than when serious problems have developed. In order to safeguard and promote children’s welfare, arrangements should ensure that:
Another important piece of legislation to consider is the Data Protection Act (2003). This is important because I will have access to students' personal data which I shouldn’t share with anyone or external organisation without authorisation from my employer and permission from my student in question.
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.
Information shall only be shared with those who have a legal right to access it and in accordance with relevant information sharing protocols/data exchange agreements. Every effort should be made to ensure that confidentiality is maintained for all concerned both when an allegation is made and whilst it is being investigated. It is of the utmost importance that all documentation is marked confidential - not to be disclosed without consent. Effective safeguarding remains the highest priority.
Our nursery has a Confidentially policy in place that members of staff, volunteers and students have read and understood, all child information to be securely locked away.
- All participants agree to confidentiality in order to feel safe to work on their