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:
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).
Specific Purpose for Sharing Information. The sharing of appropriate information between agencies about children who come to notice within a local authority area is vital in ensuring the welfare of those 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. Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is defined within the “Working Together to Safeguard Children” guide to inter-agency working 2013, 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. 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 under the age of eighteen. 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 and Xxxxxxx reports ) 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 ensu...
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 Xxx 0000 emphasises the importance of safeguarding children by stating that relevant partner agencies - which include the police, children’s’ services authorities and Primary Care Trusts - 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 (and rephrased into ‘outcomes’ in the Government policy ‘Every Child Matters’) as relating to a child’s; • physical and mental health and emotional well-being (‘be healthy’) • protection from harm and neglect (‘stay safe’) • education, training and recreation (‘enjoy and achieve’) • the contribution made by them to society (‘make a positive contribution’) • social and economic well-being (‘achieve economic well-being’) The aim of this information sharing agreement is to formally document how Southwark borough police’s Public Protection Desk (PPD) and Missing Persons Unit (MPU) will notify Southwark Council Children's Services about children who have come to police notice and are failing at least one of the above five outcomes. It outlines arrangements for any secondary disclosure of MERLIN PAC information by Southwark Council Children's Services, Social Care and Integrated Child Support Service, to Southwark Primary Care Trust, and other agencies. It will also document how the PPD will respond to requests for information needed to undertake Common Assessment Framework (CAF) on children who have been identified as needing help to achieve one of the five outcomes. This agreement does not cover the sharing and assessing of police information for use by Southwark Youth Offending Team, nor does it cover referrals made by SCD5 Southwark Child Abuse Investigation Team (CAIT) to the above signatories. These activities will be covered by separate Information Sharing Agreements.
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. 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. 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.
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. What are the objectives of the partnership?
