Hi Michael
Whilst each case should be judged on it's own merits, I would relate this back to 'Gillick competence/Fraser Guidelines' within the Health/Care sector. In short a young person (under 18) who shows mental capacity to make their own decisions regarding treatment, data use/sharing and parental involvement should have their wishes/requirements respected. In Health & Care we refer to age 12 as the tipping point, where before 12 a young person is assumed not to have capacity, unless professional judgement is that they do and after 12, it is assumed that they do have capacity, unless professional view is that they don’t.
This is remembering that capacity is fluid and relates to different items in different ways. So in general I'd say that the FE students you refer to, making a request for parents not to be informed, should have that respected, unless there are very good reasons why that shouldn't be the case.
Hope that helps
Adam
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Scenario: FE college Student, 16 years of age, discloses self harming to a staff member, who passes this on to the safeguarding officer. At the meeting between student and safeguarding officer, the student makes it clear they do not wish their parent(s)/guardian(s) to be informed. Are their wishes paramount?
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