information sharing advice for practitioners dfe march 2015

Information sharing: guidance for practitioners and managers published in March 2015. Who is this advice for? This advice is for all frontline practitioners 

For more information on sharing information which includes a myth-busting guide see Information. Sharing: Advice for practitioners providing safeguarding 

SEND Code of Conduct DfE

Information sharing. Advice for practitioners providing safeguarding services to children young people

42 See HM Government (March 2015) Information Sharing: Advice for practitioners providing safeguarding services to children

July 2015). The Prevent Duty: Departmental advice for schools and childcare providers (DfE: June. 2015). Information Sharing: Advice for practitioners 

DfE guidance Keeping Children Safe in Education (Sept 2018) Information Sharing: Advice for practitioners' DfE (March 2015).

All documents are available at www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/informationsharing. This guidance supersedes the HM Government information sharing guidance.

2020) and Keeping Children Safe in Education (DfE September 2022); together with Information Sharing

practitioners – March 2015 (HM Gov). 'Information Sharing' Advice for Practitioners providing safeguarding services to children young people

Information sharing is essential for effective safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people It is a key factor identified in many serious case reviews (SCRs) where poor

Information sharing is vital to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people A key factor identified in many serious case reviews (SCRs) has been a failure by practitioners to record information to share it to understand its significance and then take appropriate action

This advice is non-statutory and has been produced to help practitioners identify child abuse and neglect and take appropriate action in response This advice replaces the previous version

o Other policies that are all in the staff handbook that need to be taken into account are: Professional Code of Conduct for Staff (including Whistleblowing) Behaviour (including Child on Child Abuse (Anti-Bullying) and Discrimination) PSHE Alcohol Smoking and Substance Abuse Special Educational Needs Health and Safety

shared as per the Information Sharing Advice for Practitioners (Department for Education 2015) guidance 34 There is a lawful basis for child protection concerns to be shared with agencies who have a statutory duty for child protection 35 Information will be shared with individuals within the schools who ‘need-to-know’ 36

DFE statutory guidance ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’ and ‘What to do if you’re worried a child is being abused: Advice for practitioners’ (DfE March 2015) Sensitivity to language : The Trust staff say ‘targeted child’ instead of ‘victim’ because a child may not see themselves as a victim

DfE (2018) ‘Information sharing advice for safeguarding practitioners’ DfE (2018) ‘Disqualification under the hildcare Act’ 2006 DfE (2015) ‘The Prevent duty: Departmental advice for schools and childcare providers’ DfE (2021) Sexual Violence and Harassment between children in school and colleges

Information sharing: guidance for practitioners and managers published in March 2015 Who is this advice for? This advice is for all frontline practitioners 

26 mar 2015 · Guidance on information sharing for people who provide safeguarding services to children young people parents and carers

This guidance supersedes the HM Government Information sharing: guidance for practitioners and managers published in March 2008 Who is this advice for?

Where practitioners need to share special category personal data they should be aware that the Data Protection Act 2018 includes 'safeguarding of children and

(March 2015): Information Sharing; Advice for practitioners providing safeguarding services to children young people parents and carers DFE-00128-2015

4 fév 2017 · Information Sharing Advice for practitioners providing safeguarding services to children young people parents and carers March 2015

9 avr 2015 · Department for Education (DFE) corp creator (2015) Information sharing: advice for practitioners providing safeguarding services to 

For the latest DfE guidance on information sharing (26 March 2015) go to: https://www gov uk/government/publications/safeguarding-practitioners-

Good information sharing between professionals is vital in relation to child for Education (DfE) published a letter in March 2015 addressed to Local 

All documents are available at www everychildmatters gov uk/informationsharing This guidance supersedes the HM Government information sharing guidance