ICS recognizes confidentiality as the principle of keeping secure and secret from others, information given by, observed or about an individual in the course of any medical, psychological or child protection/safeguarding context for all ICS staff/students.
A member of staff must never guarantee confidentiality to a student nor should they agree with a student to keep a secret regarding a safety concern. All safety concerns must be reported to the Child Protection Officer and may require further investigation by appropriate authorities.
Staff will be informed of relevant information in respect of individual cases regarding child protection on a “need to know basis” only. Confidentiality will be expected from any staff receiving information generated from a Child Protection/Safeguarding context.
Staff will maintain confidentiality by not projecting attendance or any screen in PowerSchool or email for others to view as to not inadvertently share confidential information on the screen.
All ICS staff will acknowledge the definition of confidentiality and comply with all confidentiality guidelines annually. It is expected that all staff read, sign and comply with these standards annually.