Laser Lessons - Lesson

Be able to support organisational processes and procedures for recording, storing and sharing information

This video from the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families is about ‘Privacy’. It looks at confidentiality and the need to disclose information. It explains some of the tensions between maintaining confidentiality and the need to disclose information.

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Tutorial Video
Reading Materials

Find and read your organisation’s policies and procedures that relate to recording, storing and sharing information.
‘Information sharing advice for safeguarding practitioners’ produced by Department for Education
‘Child protection records retention and storage guidelines’ from the NSPCC
‘Secure systems used for recording and storing information, why it’s important for recording and storing information and manual and electronic information storage systems’ from the WJEC CBAC website
‘Children: At a glance’ from the Information Commissioner’s Office

Presentation
Good Practice Example
Interactive Quiz
Evidence Opportunities
Extended Learning

Click the icon to the left to visit the Information Commissioner’s website to find out more about the Data Protection Act and good practice with regard to recording information.
Click the icon to the left to the 'Schools' website and find out more about 'Information sharing in schools: The seven golden rules to follow'.
In what situations is it ok to share information about children with others? Discuss your thoughts with your tutor and / or line manager.
Think about your setting’s method of storing confidential records about children.
This article from the National Cyber Security Centre is about ‘Early Years practitioners: using cyber security to protect your settings’. What information can be used in your setting?

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