GDPR Data processing modelChild welfare management

Sector: Social careOrganisation: Public

This processing model concerns support for children in need and their families by local authority children's services (Children Act 1989).

Purposes (2)

A purpose is the objective pursued by the setting up of your file. It indicates what the processing of personal data will be used for, its purpose. This purpose must be clear and understandable

Manage other financial aid

Complement to educational aid, financial support for households in difficulty...

Public interest

Art. 6(1)(e) UK GDPR - Children Act 1989, s.17 (services for children in need may include financial assistance).

Organise children's social care for children in need and their families (Children Act 1989, s.17)

To prevent the difficulties that parents may face in exercising their educational responsibilities, to support families and, where appropriate, to provide partial or total care for minors in a manner adapted to their needs

Public interest

Art. 6(1)(e) UK GDPR - public task: Children Act 1989, s.17 (duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children in need and to promote their upbringing by their families). Special category data: Art. 9(2)(g) UK GDPR with Data Protection Act 2018, Schedule 1, paragraph 18 (safeguarding of children and of individuals at risk).

Data categories (1)

Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. A natural person can be identified either directly (eg surname and first name) or indirectly (eg phone number, social security number, email or postal address, but also voice or image)

Data required for help management

Data details

Assessments of social difficultiesrequired

Participationsrequired

Financial aid granted or applied forrequired

Revenus required

Financial situationrequired

Professional trainingrequired

Educationrequired

Family status

required

Emailrequired

Telephone numberrequired

Fax numberrequired

Date of birth

required

Name and surnamerequired

Data conservation rules

Active base:

Looked-after children: case records are kept until the 75th anniversary of the child's birth, or for 15 years from the date of death if the child dies before 18 (Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010, reg. 50). Children in need not looked after: no statutory period; the controller should set the period based on safeguarding needs and the likelihood of later access requests by the person concerned. At the end of the period, records are deleted or selected for permanent preservation under the authority's records arrangements.

Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010, reg. 50

Destruction

Data subject (1)

A data subject is any person whose data is collected, retained or processed by the data processing. e.g. In a recruitement process, any candidate for a position proposed in recruitement management process

Citizens

Created at:07/08/2023

Updated on:10/05/2026

Nb using:13