Around one in five children want to bar social workers from havingaccess to the Government's national child index, according to a study bythe Commission for Social Care Inspection's children's rightsdirector.
The study is based on a web survey and discussion groups that involved113 children. It found that many children are concerned about theirprivacy and ways that information on the Information Sharing Index couldbecome readily available.
When asked which professionals should be allowed to look up information,just two per cent had concerns about head teachers. In comparison, eightper cent had concerns about health professionals and a significant 18per cent expressed fears about social workers having access. Among thosesurveyed, there were even greater concerns regarding Connexions staffand careers workers, with 23 per cent expressing concern about accessfor these professionals.
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