- Ask children and/or adults about other services they are engaged with.
- Talk to them about your obligation to share information under the scheme.
- Identify needs and risks and any child wellbeing and safety issues using professional practice frameworks.
- Consider the child’s social, cultural and individual identity and circumstances.
- To identify, assess and manage family violence risk, use the Family Violence Multi-Agency Risk Assessment and Management Framework and the Family Violence Information Sharing Scheme.
- Consider whether sharing or requesting information could support a child's wellbeing and safety (consider whether information can be shared under other permissions).
- Identify other services it would be useful to share information with or request information from. Confirm that they are a prescribed information sharing entity (consider whether information can be shared under other permissions).
- Form a belief that sharing may help to:
- make a decision, assessment or plan
- initiate or conduct an investigation
- provide a service
- manage a risk to a child or group of children
- Consider whether the information is excluded under the scheme or another law.
- Seek and take into account the views of the child and relevant family members if it is appropriate, safe and reasonable to do so.
- Share or request relevant information in a safe and secure way.
- If family violence risk is present, share according to a relevant safety plan.
- Inform individuals about how their information has been shared if it is appropriate, safe and reasonable to do so.
- Keep accurate and complete records.
- Follow up with the other services and continue to work collaboratively with them.
- As needs and risks change over time, continue to use this process to request or share information.
Reviewed 22 February 2019