Re: Schools and confidentiality
- From: Alex Heney <me8@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:15:07 +0000
On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 06:04:43 +0000, Lesley Durston
<Lesley.Durston.38d2800@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Alex - I am the policies manager for a company which runs special
residential schools, and I am currently reviewing a policy about
substance misuse by our students/residents.
OK. That makes more sense of your question.
The policy is guidance and
procedures for our staff, and there has always been some fugging around
the age issue.
As I say, apart from the change to adult status at 18, I'm not aw3are
of any law which prevents or allows dissemination of information
according to age of the subject.
I know that once a young person reaches 18, he/she is
deemed to be adult and in charge of their own lives. But our young
people often have reduced abilities to understand various issues, and
the repercussions of taking or inhaling substances might be one of
them. I want our staff to be clear on the legal side of their
responsibilities, but I also want to know that if the policy indicates
that informing parents is in the young person's best interests, despite
them being 18+, then that is what they should do.
It would almost certainly be illegal to do so, except in the situation
where they are defined as "vulnerable adults" who still need a "carer"
and their parent(s) are defined as such.
The only time generally it is legal to disclose personal information
held in a business or official capacity to a person's parents is when
those parents still have a legal responsibility for their welfare, or
when the person has given their consent to such disclosure.
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