When I was researching Information Sharing last year, I found the work of
Torbay (a partnership) very interesting
http://www.torbaychildren.org.uk/index/practitioners/cypsp_isa_guidance_and_documents.htm
It says that the "website has been developed as a result of the DfES
initiative on Information Sharing & Assessment (ISA, which was formerly
known as Identification, Referral & Tracking)".
Nick Landau
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> 2) If I have information in a file from other agencies I always talk
> to them and get their written consent and comments before I disclose. Some
> information, eg reports from psychologists, can be very specific to a
> particular time or aspect of behaviour and the writer will often want to
> include a comment to explain how they should be interpreted at a later
> date.
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> In contacting the agencies I often find that a request has been made to
> them too anyway. The only agency I refer the applicant on to is the
> police.
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> Hilary
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> Dear list members,
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> I was wondering what experience people have in dealing with requests
> made to a social work agency.
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> I have before me a subject access request from the mother of a child how
> received services from us.
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> I'm working through the request, but I'd like your thoughts on 2 issues:
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> (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.
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> Thanks,
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