Training Principle 7: Privacy and Confidentiality by National Independent Visitor Network

Welcome!

ivnetwork — 2023-11-20 10:16:33 UTC

A space for all boundaries-related links/resources/content, following on from our TP7 review session on 22/11/23.

As well as sharing the link/resource, please share what you use it for and what IV scheme you're from.

This Training Principle is: Independent Visitor services work to a high level of confidentiality between the child, Independent Visitor and service coordinator.

Learning outcome: Independent Visitors respect children’s right to privacy and confidentiality, understand and follow service policy on confidentiality, safeguarding, and General Data Protection Regulation.

UNCRC Article 16 Right to privacy

ivnetwork — 2023-11-22 11:01:41 UTC

Article 16 Every child has the right to privacy. The law must protect children’s privacy, family, home, communications and reputation (or good name) from any attack.

Perhaps interrelated is Article 17 the Right to information. Children have the right to get information from the Internet, radio, television, newspapers, books and other sources. Adults should make sure the information they are getting is not harmful. Governments should encourage the media to share information from lots of different sources, in languages that all children can understand.

Yes, No, Maybe

ivnetwork — 2024-03-06 14:51:05 UTC

Yes, No, Maybe activity to explore volunteers’ understanding of service policy. Different scenarios/dilemmas can be presented to volunteers using this activity and they can move to areas of a room signed ‘yes’, ‘no, or ‘maybe’. This can be adapted online eg, use reaction functions, hold cards.

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Secrecy/personal information activity

ivnetwork — 2024-03-06 14:54:22 UTC

Confidentiality activity where volunteers are asked to write down a secret or piece of personal information on a piece of paper. They must hand it in to the trainer/place it in an envelope to give to the trainer who who doesn’t explain what they will do with it. Different variants – e.g. secrets placed in a container on display in the centre of the room/put in a drawer.

Trainer returns the piece of paper at the end of the session and asks reflective questions around sharing of personal, sensitive information. This is followed by a reflection on record keeping in children’s social care and scrutiny of sensitive information e.g. at CLA reviews in

front of the child – relating back to independence of IV role in relation to information

sharing.