Information Sharing

Northamptonshire Children and Young People’s Partnership recognises that appropriate and relevant information sharing between partner organisations is vital to the provision of coordinated high quality, support and seamless services for children and young people. Partner organisations have therefore signed up to an Information Sharing Charter.

•  Information Sharing Charter (pdf format 26kb) 

This Charter will be reviewed every two years. The next review will take place in 2009.

The implementation of this Charter will be supported by DCSF Every Child Matters and Northamptonshire Children and Young People’s Partnership guidance documents and training

The following are available now:

•  DCSF Information Sharing Practitioners Guide (pdf format 460kb)
•  Making It Happen DCSF (pdf format 947kb)
•  Information Sharing leaflet for Practitioners (pdf format 244kb)
•  Information Sharing leaflet for Children and Young People (pdf format 170kb)
•  Information Sharing Leaflet for Parents (pdf format 220kb)
•  Information sharing: Case studies (DCSF) (See related links below) 
•  The Northamptonshire 'Aid to information disclosure' (see related section below)

The following are being prepared

• Guidance on and templates for privacy statements, consent forms Data Exchange        Agreements and Fair Processing notices
• An online repository of operational Data Exchange Agreements
• An online information sharing training package

Visit the official Every Child Matters website (see Related Links below) for more information.

Related Section:

• The Northamptonshire “Aid to Information Disclosure”