What information is already available?

The practice of all staff when working with children and families should be to encourage routine sharing of your information, including providing copies of key documents on an ongoing basis (e.g., minutes from Child Protection Conferences, notes from Core Group Meetings, copies of Care Plans etc.).

If you are currently in receipt of services, you can ask to see a particular document or if you want to have information about a particular aspect of your case records, your social worker should discuss this with you to see whether the request can be dealt with informally by showing you the relevant part of the file or providing a copy of relevant documents.

Further guidance on this can be found on the  Gloucestershire Children's Social Care Procedures Manual

If you believe there is any information you do not have, please contact them in the first instance.