Will our conversation remain confidential?

Confidentiality means that something is kept private and is not shared with anyone who doesn’t need to know the information.

The conversation we have with you will be in a private space, with no one else except for someone from The Carers’ Centre team, yourself and, sometimes, someone else who you want with you, if this is possible.

You can choose how much information you want to tell us, you don’t need to answer all the questions if you don’t want to.

We do share your Needs Assessment and support plan with your parent/guardian. We can also share it with your school if you want us to (sometimes it helps them understand your needs a bit better).

We work with the council, who may ask to see your Needs Assessment in the future, but only if there is a real need to do this.

We are here to help you as much as we can, if we feel that you or someone else is in danger, there is a chance of being hurt or in serious trouble, we may need to speak to another adult to make sure everyone is kept safe. We can’t keep secrets if someone is at risk.

If you want to talk to us about something but don’t want this to be recorded for others to see, let us know and we can word it in a different way.