Colleagues
The first steps to activate the Government’s online directory of
children’s services – ContactPoint- will begin today (Monday 26).
Starting today, two security vetted officials from local authorities
all over England will begin the necessary training to start operating
the system. In addition, training will start in 17 LA’s in the North
West and two national voluntary sector partners – Barnardo’s & KIDS –
where ContactPoint will be more intensively piloted. Frontline
practitioners will start training and operating the system in these
areas in the spring and across the country from the summer.
See the official press release: http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2009_0015
ContactPoint will include the names, ages and addresses of 11 million
under-18s as well as information about their parents, GPs and schools.
The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have pledged to scrap the
£224million online system - which will be accessed by at least 330,000
workers in the education, health, social care, youth justice and
voluntary sectors - because they believe there is a danger that
sensitive information will be mislaid or lost.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4338712/Childrens-database-ContactPoint-launched-despite-security-fears.html
For more information on ContactPoint please see the Every Child
Matters website:
http://www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/deliveringservices/contactpoint/
Act Now Training is running two workshops which will assist those with
ContactPoint responsibilities as well as others who have an interest
in multi agency information sharing. See the links below:
Drafting Information Sharing Protocols: http://www.actnow.org.uk/courses/275
The Law of Multi Agency Information Sharing: http://www.actnow.org.uk/courses/224
If you would like more information please ring us on 01924 451054.
Regards
Ibrahim Hasan
Director
Act Now Training Limited
www.actnow.org.uk
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