Confidentiality
All information about you and your family will be treated in strict confidence by the staff. Information will usually be given to people outside the Unit only with your or your parents' agreement other than the referring team and your GP.
It is important for the safe and effective running of Simmons House that young people and their parents/carers understand that the team discuss the young people’s difficulties very regularly in detail.
We have learnt, over time, that keeping secrets is not normally a good thing for the young people. This doesn’t mean that everyone will know everything about you! For example, in individual therapy only the main issues would be talked about outside of the meeting.
However, if there is any concern about serious harm coming to a young person or concern about the safety of others, the team may have to do something about it. That means that some information might have to be passed on to other agencies. This will usually be discussed with young people and their families or carers.
