Dear list members,
I was wondering what experience people have in dealing with requests
made to a social work agency.
I have before me a subject access request from the mother of a child how
received services from us.
I'm working through the request, but I'd like your thoughts on 2 issues:
(1) Competence of the child with regard to consent - The child is
certainly not old enough to give (or understand) consent. I am of the
opinion that we can't not automatically release the child's information
to the parent.
(2) For those of you who have encountered social work files - There
are many different social care providers who have contributed all sorts
of reports and meeting minutes etc. We generate our own information. We
also hold copies of information generated by other agencies. Should I
direct the parent to these other agencies for this information, or can I
disclose said information? My instinct is that we need consent from
other agencies to release, and given the sensitivity of the information
there would certainly be concerns of harm or risk to persons
identifiable from those documents.
Thanks,
Ronan.
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