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Sharing can make the difference Liana Buchanan

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- If I think about how

information sharing might change

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the lives of children in the future,

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I have to say, I think

there's enormous potential

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to make a difference in

many, many children's lives.

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So the potential with

these changes to the law

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for different workers,

different professionals,

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who come in contact with children,

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to make sure they change that approach,

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that they share information.

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So they have a full view about

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what's happening for the child.

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What that means is that

agencies can intervene early.

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It can mean that children's

lives can be improved,

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families can be supported, and as I say,

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the potential for that to change

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children's lives is enormous.

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If I think about examples of situations

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where child information sharing

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would have made a difference,

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sadly I can think of too many examples.

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Say there's a younger child

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and the younger child is

attending school or child care,

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is going to the GP.

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Each of those agencies

note perhaps a bruise,

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perhaps some sign that the child

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is experiencing emotional trauma or fear.

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But they might see it as a one-off.

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Until they share that information,

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until someone is able to put the pieces

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of that puzzle together,

no one quite understands

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what's happening for that child

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and the extent to which they're at risk

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and there needs to be

some kind of intervention

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to make sure that child is safe.

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But if we can use this

scheme to get services

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involved much earlier, it's

gonna be a much better outcome

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for everyone involved,

the child, the parents,

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and the workers who work with them.

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