Confidentiality And Legislation

Anybody working in a childcare setting should maintain a high level of confidentiality and should be well informed and familiar with current legislation. All schools will gather relevant information from parents and carers such as health and medical information, records from previous schools and records of any needs or disabilities the child may have. Any information that the school may need to pass on will need the child’s next of king’s consent.
Under the data protection act 1998, any organisation that holds personal information and does not follow the correct procedure, will be abusing their professional position as well as breaching the human rights act 1998.
The procedures of disclosing information is not sharing any information with