Specific Purpose for Sharing Information. For many years, the sharing by police of appropriate information about children who come to their notice with local authority social services has been vital in ensuring that as far as is possible the welfare of children is safeguarded. Research and experience has demonstrated the importance of information sharing across professional boundaries. The Children Act 2004 emphasises the importance of safeguarding children by stating that relevant partner agencies - which include the police, children’s services authorities, Clinical Commissioning Groups and the NHS Commissioning Board - must make sure that functions are discharged having regard to the need to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. The Act also states that they must make arrangements to promote co-operation between relevant partner agencies to improve the well-being of children in their area. Well-being is defined by the Act as relating to a child’s:
1. physical and mental health and emotional well-being (‘be healthy’)
2. protection from harm and neglect (‘stay safe’)
3. education, training and recreation (‘enjoy and achieve’)
4. the contribution made by them to society (‘make a positive contribution’)
5. social and economic well-being (‘achieve economic well-being’) Although most commonly used to refer to young people aged 16 or under, ‘children’ in terms of the scope of this Act means those aged nineteen or under. Information upon which safeguarding decisions in relation to children and young people are made is held by numerous statutory and non statutory agencies. Many tragic cases across the UK have highlighted deficiencies within safeguarding partnerships in relation to the sharing of information and communication. Serious case reviews and inquiries (such as the Laming, Xxxxxxx) have directly attributed the lack of good information sharing and communication to the subsequent death of an individual. In order to deliver the best safeguarding decisions that ensure timely, necessary and proportionate interventions, decision makers need the full information picture concerning an individual and their circumstances to be available to them. Information viewed alone or in silos is unlikely to give the full picture or identify the true risk. Therefore all the relevant information from various agencies needs to be available and accessible in one place. A Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) helps ensure this and aids communication between all safeguarding partners. By ensuring all statutory part...
Specific Purpose for Sharing Information a) In order to meet the full range of social, welfare, economic, safety, accommodation, criminal and civil justice needs that individuals living with or escaping domestic violence have, a multi-agency partnership approach is required (see the Home Office report1).
b) The Crime and Disorder Act (1998) places this obligation on a statutory footing, requiring some organisations to form partnerships to tackle crime and disorder, including domestic violence, and provides a legal power to share information (Home Office report).
c) Responsible information sharing plays a key role in enabling organisations and professionals to protect domestic violence victims and their children and to save lives. Casework, advocacy, conducting risk assessments and providing general support and protection may all require information about individuals to be shared with other agencies. Indeed, Articles 2 and 3 of the Human Rights Act (1998) (HRA) place an obligation on public authorities to protect people’s right to life and their right to freedom from
1 See the Home Office Report 30 – see Appendix 1 at the end of this document. torture and inhuman and degrading treatment. Meeting these obligations may necessitate lawful information sharing.2
d) This information sharing agreement (ISA) relates specifically to the multi-agency group responsible for conducting the Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC). Partner agencies to the MARAC will share information specifically for the purpose of making or modifying and implementing plans to support the reduction of future harm for very high risk domestic violence victims and their children.
a) This agreement details the legal basis by which the partners, within the context of the MARAC, can share personal and sensitive information about victims of domestic violence, the alleged perpetrator and any children of the parties for the purpose of responding to the safety needs of victims and their children at very high risk of harm.
b) The agreement covers situations where consent has been explicitly given and recorded.
c) The agreement also covers the necessary process for sharing information when consent has not been explicitly given, or has not yet been recorded.
d) The agreement does not cover the legal basis for sharing of case information with any other agency other than those listed as signatories to this agreement.
e) The agreement does not cover the legal basis for the sharing of information that is not expressly for the purpose of ...
Specific Purpose for Sharing Information. The purpose of this information sharing agreement is to facilitate the lawful exchange of personal and sensitive information, in any form, for notified and defined purposes. The collection of information will form the basis of Managing the risk of those identified as vulnerable individuals to increase safety, health and well-being of victims and/or witnesses, both adults and children Tackling the Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) of perpetrators, identify groups or individuals with the greatest need for intervention. Ensure multi-agency working and multi-agency effective communication
Specific Purpose for Sharing Information. The purpose of this information Sharing Agreement is to provide a lawful and secure framework under which Lincolnshire Police and NOMS, now part of the National Offender Management Service and the Home Office, (Immigration Enforcement) will be able to share intelligence and information regarding those persons detained within Xxxxxx Xxxx IRC, Lincolnshire.
Specific Purpose for Sharing Information. It is necessary to share this information through this agreement for three reasons. First, it is to ensure that we are fulfilling our duty of care regarding the safety of the partner agencies’ staff. If information is not shared with regards to risk factors, staff may be placed in dangerous situations. Second, through sharing this information partner agencies will be able to direct their services and resources better and tailor them to meet the needs of the individual. The information shared will be the minimum needed to ensure the safety of staff and to ensure the success of determent schemes. Third, it is necessary to share information concerning violent individuals and gangs as it will allow our partners to be aware of the general gang landscape in Xxxxx. By making them more aware of the situation, they will then be able to focus their efforts effectively and safely. Through building up a general picture of criminal activity in Xxxxx, both partner agencies and Xxxxx Police will be able to see if their interventions and work is successful or not.
Specific Purpose for Sharing Information. The purpose of this MASH information sharing agreement is to assist in identifying and assessing risks to children’s wellbeing and welfare in the London Borough of Camden. In order to make the best safeguarding decisions and to ensure timely, necessary and proportionate interventions, decision makers need full information concerning an individual and their circumstances to be available to them. Information viewed alone or in silos may not give the full picture or identify the true risk. As such, all the relevant information from various agencies needs to be available and accessible in one place. A Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) helps ensure this and aids communication between all safeguarding Partners. By ensuring all statutory Partners have the ability, confidence and trust to share information, those children who are subject to harm, or likely to be subject to harm can be identified in a timely manner, which will keep children safe from harm and assist Partners to this Agreement in discharging their obligations under the Act. XXXX helps deliver three key functions for the safeguarding partnership; Information based risk assessment and decision making Identify through the best information available to the safeguarding partnership those children and young people who require support or a necessary and proportionate intervention. Victim identification and harm reduction Identify victims and future victims who are likely to experience harm and ensure Partners work together to deliver harm reduction strategies and interventions. Co-ordination of all safeguarding Partners Ensure that the needs of all children and young people at risk are identified and signposted to the relevant Partner(s) for the delivery and co ordination of harm reduction strategies and interventions.
Specific Purpose for Sharing Information. Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is defined in statutory guidance as: protecting children from maltreatment; preventing impairment of children's health or development; ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes. This means that the organisations involved with providing services to children, including Schools, Colleges, Pupil Referral Units (PRU) and the police, need to share information and work together to protect children and young people from harm and help them achieve successful outcomes. Through this information sharing agreement Police and Schools will work to keep pupils/students and staff safe, reduce the risk of young people getting drawn into crime or antisocial behaviour, improve the safety of the school site and surrounding area, build positive relationships between pupils/students and police, promote shared values and improve community relations generally within the school or college and the wider community.
