Privacy Policy

Inspired young living has a duty to the young person and not the young person parents or family. Parents’ information is limited and often provided by third parties. The parental information is held in accordance with Care Planning Regulations within the child’s files and is inseparable to the child’s case recording.

Our privacy policy is for the young person and their social workers to understand how we use personal information. As a young person in the care system the professional team who look after you or your child will produce a great deal of paperwork. Information we store may include:

· Detailed background information of the child

· Care Plan & Core Assessment

· Parental information and relevant extended family history

· Risk assessment

This is so we can make sure:

· Make sure the young person is looked after in a safe and secure home

· Make sure we are providing the best possible service to the young person.

· Document the young person’s time with us so they have a detailed record for future reference

· Deliver support effectively

· Monitor equality and diversity

· Ensure we are meeting the needs of all the young people we look after

· Provide information about our performance and services to your local authority so they can maintain their own records alongside our own.

We have a legitimate reason to use this information to:

· Conduct surveys in order to monitor and improve our services

We’ll only collect and process personal information to carry out these functions. If you ever want to view the information collected and stored by us you can do so by contacting your local authority who will be able to advise you.

How we store your personal information

Your personal information is stored on our secure computer systems which comply with the relevant security standards. Any paper documentation is digitised and stored in this system with the originals being destroyed.

Sharing of information

We are obliged from time to time to share your information with key agency partners such as:

· Your home local authority and their representatives

· The police

· Doctors/Dentists/other health professionals

· Education service for the young person

· The Local Authority Designated Officer (for child protection / safeguarding)

In all other cases your information is only for your records and to ensure we manage your time with us as positively as possible, in accordance with the law.

Retention of data

We will hold a full account of your personal information for the length of the young person’s stay with us. When the young person leaves the care of the agency we will retain your record for 7 years, or in accordance with local authority contractual obligations, if sooner.

RIGHT TO DATA PORTABILITY

Please note that rights to data portability do not apply to this service as we do not collect your personal data through an automated process.

COMPLAINTS

Inspired young living tries to meet the highest standards when collecting and using personal information. We take any complaints we receive seriously. We encourage people to bring it to our attention if they think that our collection or use of information is unfair, misleading, inaccurate or inappropriate. You can do so by contacting at:

Data control, Inspired Young Living, 1029 London Road, Thornton heath, CR7 6JF

If you remain unhappy with our response to your complaint you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office by writing to:

Information Commissioner’s Office Wycliffe House Water Lane Wilmslow Cheshire SK9 5AF

Changes to this privacy notice We keep our privacy notice under regular review. We’ll update if we undertake any new or amended processing. This privacy notice was last updated on: 26/09/2019