The purpose of processing
The Connecting Families Team in Bath and North East Somerset Council is part of a national programme aimed at improving the
lives of families with complex needs. These are families who need help with getting children to attend school, reducing anti-social and offending behaviour, issues relating to children being on a child in need or child protection plan, and/or early help assessment, getting adults into work, families affected by domestic violence and families with a range of health problems. Bath and North East Somerset Council has committed to the Government to deliver the national programme in our area. In order to fulfil our obligations it is necessary to share information with critical partners. This is not only in the delivery of the programme but also in evaluating its effectiveness.
lives of families with complex needs. These are families who need help with getting children to attend school, reducing anti-social and offending behaviour, issues relating to children being on a child in need or child protection plan, and/or early help assessment, getting adults into work, families affected by domestic violence and families with a range of health problems. Bath and North East Somerset Council has committed to the Government to deliver the national programme in our area. In order to fulfil our obligations it is necessary to share information with critical partners. This is not only in the delivery of the programme but also in evaluating its effectiveness.
Data subjects
Families who need help getting children to attend school
Families who need help reducing anti-social and offending behaviour
Families who need help with issues relating to children being on a child in need or child protection plan, and/or early help assessment,
Families who need help getting adults into work
Families affected by domestic violence
Families with a range of health problems
Personal data
Records in relation to any involvement with social care
Records in relation to any involvement with the police, courts and probation
Records in relation to aspects relating to your employment
Records in relation to anti-social behaviour
Records in relation to violence in the home
Records in relation to substance misuse
Records in relation to educational attendance and behaviour
Records in relation to vulnerable children and health issues
Records in relation to health issues
How is it used?
Identify families
Understand the difference we are making
Focus on who can potentially access the additional support the programme offers
Profiling and automated decision making
Not applicable
Legal basis for using your data
GDPR condition relied upon for processing personal data:
Article 6.1 e - Exercise of official authority
All data is transferred, handled and stored in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.
GDPR condition relied upon for processing special category data
Not applicable
Sharing of personal data with external recipients
The personal data of individuals and families will be linked with information from public agencies. Organisations such as; the NHS and health organisations, Department of Work and Pension, the Police, the Ministry of Justice, probation services, schools, Youth service and the Youth Offending Team. This data will be shared with the Department of Communities and Local Government and Office of National Statistics for the National Impact Study. The data can only be used for carrying out research, linked data cannot be used to make decisions about individuals, linked information is anonymised to reduce the risk of individuals being identified, it will not be possible for any person or family to be identified from any published reports, linked personal data will not be shared with or made available to the local authority or any other public agency, all data is transferred, handled and stored in accordance with the Data Protection Act, appropriate measures are in place to prevent unauthorised use of the data.
How long is the personal data retained by the Council?
Five years.