Information sharing Advice for practitioners providing safeguarding services to children, young people, parents and carers

Date: 29 October 2018

Information sharing is essential for effective safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. It is a key factor identified in many serious case reviews (SCRs), where poor information sharing has resulted in missed opportunities to take action that keeps children and young people safe

This document contains the Seven Golden Rules of Information Sharing, which you will have heard discussed if you attended the recent safeguarding forum.