Information sharing
Effective information sharing across services is vital if we are to promote the five key outcomes for children and help to keep children safe. Knowing when and how to share is not always easy and it is important that support and advice is available to help everyone.
In Barnet, we are actively encouraging people who work with children to participate in training in Information Sharing, to help develop confidence and competence in this area. It will also be mandatory for practitioners who are eligible to access ContactPoint to undertake this training.
In most cases, information will only be shared with the consent of the young person or their carer. However, there may be circumstances in which this is overridden, for example, if a child or adult is at risk of significant or serious harm.
Training is available for practitioners and you can find information about upcoming courses in the training programme below (including Common Core Skills and Knowledge Training Programme for the Children's Workforce Level 1):
- Training programme-February 2008 to March 2009
(PDF 333KB)
A handbook for sharing information to safeguard children (PDF: 333KB) summarises the course content and is based on the recently published Government guidance.The handbook also includes local information and contact details.
