Information sharing and confidentiality policy
Information sharing and confidentiality policy
These policies are part of Sport NZ's overall commitment to safeguarding children and will be supplemented with further guidance, templates, knowledge-sharing and training to support national, regional and community organisations.
Our policy and procedures have been developed in partnership with Safeguarding Children - Tiakina ngā tamariki as interactive pdfs for your organisation to download and complete, by adding your organisation’s details in the fields provided, then save to your own files.
This Policy:
- Sets out our commitment to sharing information to support the safety and wellbeing of a child or young person.
- Creates procedures to be followed in all situations where an organisation holds information about a child or young person and it is in the best interests of the child or young person to share that information.
- Forms part of our safeguarding culture.
Included in this section:
- Policy 3: Information sharing and confidentiality policy
- Procedure 2: Information sharing and confidentiality procedures
For further advice
The Oranga Tamariki information sharing helpline can be contacted:
Phone: 0508 463674
Email:infosharinghelpline@ot.govt.nz
Website: https://www.orangatamariki.govt.nz/working-with-children/information-sharing/
Guide: https://orangatamariki.govt.nz/assets/Uploads/Information-sharing/information-sharing- Guidance-OT-Act-1989.pdf
This suite of policies includes:
