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In Children’s Services our teams are:
These are the services we provide through these teams:
the ChAD team provide a single point of contact for families, members of the public and professionals who are seeking to raise a contact in respect of a child or young person they have concerns about or believe to be at risk of harm.
the ChAD team works alongside MASH Multi-agency Safeguarding colleagues, the Dorset Police Safeguarding Referral Unit and Safeguarding Health professionals.
the ChAD team progress all new contacts and make the decisions in respect of whether a Referral is allocated to the one of the other Care and Protection Teams.
the ChAD team also provide the Out Of Hours Service
the service supports and works in partnership with the different Help & Protection Area teams to deliver outcomes for children.
the Early Help hub is a single point of contact for consultation around services provided through Universal Partnership Plus and identifying need for Early Help assessment.
The personal information we may need from you consists of:
name
address
postcode
email address
telephone numbers
emergency contact details
date of birth
NHS number
NI number
education information
family circumstances and relationships
identified difficulties or relevant health needs
details of plans for support and the people involved in these
records of discussions with or visits made to families and information about their contact with us
In order that we may deliver services appropriate to your needs we may also ask for the following ‘special category’ (sensitive) information about you which may include:
We may also receive personal information about you from others.
To help us provide services appropriate to your needs we may receive personal information about you from others such as:
The following organisations or departments may use the information you provide:
Your information will be used for:
Find our lawful basis for using your information on the Information Commissioner's website
To deliver our statutory responsibilities as enshrined in relevant Children’s legislation and local government legislation.
In some cases we may have to share your personal information with other agencies such as:
No, your information will not be stored in, processed or accessible from countries outside the UK, EU or EEA countries.
We will cease using your data as soon as you no longer require our services.
As per retention schedule for Dorset Council we will only hold information as per the guidelines for example Child in Need up to 25 years and Child Protection up to 70 years.
The Data Controller is Dorset Council
The Data Protection Officer for Dorset Council may be contacted at data.protection@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk
DC may use an additional external Information Technology provider (if appropriate – e.g. Servelec for Social Care) which will process your data (a Data Processor) for these and related activities.