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Using ContactPoint

ContactPoint is a professional tool to be used by practitioners to deliver more co-ordinated services for children and young people.

Only authorised staff who work with children and young people will have access to its online directory.

This includes practitioners from education, health, social care, youth offending and some non-statutory voluntary services.

This access will be granted according to the role of the practitioner.

They will be given relevant training in the safe and secure use of the system and information-sharing.

This will include stressing the importance of following the Data Protection Act and the Human Rights Act.

All users will also be subject to a Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) check and any additional checks introduced following the Bichard Inquiry Recommendations.

For further information about ContactPoint please visit the Every Child Matters (ECM) website.