Hey, I had a question like this but it was worded slightly differently. This is what I wrote though:
Communication between all agencies involved in a child’s care is key to ensuring the safety and security of each young person is managed well. However, there are times when information is deemed sensitive and so poses a risk of breaching confidentiality if shared between agencies. If there is a concern over a child’s welfare, this information should be shared with the designated safeguarding lead unless it is thought that by disclosing this information the child will be put in further danger. It can be difficult to decipher whether sharing the information will pose a greater threat to the child and so having a good, professional team around you to discuss the next steps is ideal. If a young person discloses ‘a secret’ to you, you must never tell the young person that you will keep that secret. The young person must be made aware that their disclosure will be kept confidential from their peers but will be shared with those necessary in order to keep them safe. It can be difficult to report an incident within the home to another agency such as a school or a parent as another young person from the home may be involved. That young person may be put at risk if they are named and so it should be redacted unless necessary to disclose. Further tensions can arise when communicating with other agencies via telephone. Phone conversations are often the quickest and easiest form of communicating with agencies however you must be absolutely certain the person you are speaking to is who they say they are before disclosing any private and confidential details for risk of the information being shared to the wrong person and posing immediate danger.
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