Common use of Agreed Purpose Clause in Contracts

Agreed Purpose. 3.1 The “Agreed Purpose” of this Information Sharing Agreement is to provide a framework to facilitate the appropriate sharing of information between the Partner Agencies in order to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and adults in Warwickshire and to protect them from harm. 3.2 This Information Sharing Agreement recognises that the UK General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (together, the “Data Protection Legislation”) are not barriers to justified information sharing but rather ensure that information sharing is necessary, proportionate, relevant, adequate, accurate, timely and secure. 3.3 This Information Sharing Agreement recognises that information sharing decisions should be recorded by the disclosing Partner Agency. 3.4 In relation to children and young people, this Information Sharing Agreement: 3.4.1 Recognises that nothing is more important than children’s welfare; 3.4.2 Recognises that information sharing is essential for effective safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; 3.4.3 Recognises that Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews (formerly known as Serious Case Reviews (“SCRs”)) carried out following the death or serious injury of a child have repeatedly highlighted that missed opportunities to record, understand the significance of and share information in a timely manner can have severe consequences for the safety and welfare of children; 3.4.4 Recognises that the timely and effective sharing of information can improve decision-making and protect the best interests of a child; 3.4.5 Has regard to the seven golden rules to sharing information set out in HM Government’s Information Sharing Advice to practitioners providing safeguarding services to children, young people, parents and carers July 2018 which are: 3.4.5.1 The Data Protection Legislation and human rights laws are not barriers to justified information sharing but a framework to ensure it is shared appropriately; 3.4.5.2 Be open and honest with the individual (and/or their family where appropriate) from the outset about why, what, how and with whom information will, or could be, shared, and seek their agreement, unless it is unsafe or inappropriate to do so; 3.4.5.3 Seek advice where in any doubt about sharing the information concerned; 3.4.5.4 Where possible, share information with consent and, where possible, respect the wishes of those who do not consent to share confidential information unless it is in the interests of safety or in the public interest; 3.4.5.5 Consider safety and wellbeing: base information-sharing decisions on considerations of the safety and wellbeing of the person and others who may be affected by their actions; 3.4.5.6 Necessary, proportionate, relevant, accurate, timely and secure: ensure that the information shared is necessary for the purpose for which it is shared, is shared only with those people who need to have it, is accurate and up to date, is shared in a timely fashion, and is shared securely and 3.4.5.7 Keep a record of the decision and the reasons for it – whether it is to share information or not. If information is shared, then record what was shared, with whom and for what purpose. 3.5 In relation to children and young people, the Agreed Purposes of this Information Sharing Agreement are: 3.5.1 To facilitate the collaboration between Partner Agencies to achieve improved outcomes for vulnerable children; 3.5.2 To facilitate the identification and analysis of new safeguarding issues and emerging threats; 3.5.3 To facilitate the promotion and embedding of learning; 3.5.4 To facilitate the commissioning and publication of child safeguarding practice reviews; and 3.5.5 To facilitate rapid reviews of cases, local and national child safeguarding practice reviews, and any other reviews to aid local learning and improvement in safeguarding services; and 3.5.6 To conduct Multi-Agency Audits. 3.6 In relation to adults who have needs for care and support and who are experiencing or at risk of abuse or neglect, this Information Sharing Agreement: 3.6.1 Recognises the six key principles which underpin safeguarding adults work, being: