RM Social Work Consultancy Ltd - Privacy Statement 2025
RM Social Work Consultancy Ltd provides expert witness services, independent social work assessment services, bespoke social work services, supervision services, safeguarding consultancy, and review, audit and regulatory compliance services in England. RM Social Work Consultancy Ltd is a Limited Company. The company registration number is: 12243887.
Registered Office: RM Social Work Consultancy Ltd
c/o Mulligan Williams
Unit 7, Salisbury House,
Wheatfield Way,
Hinckley,
Leicestershire,
LE10 1YG.
This Privacy Statement contains information about the personal information held by RM Social Work Consultancy Ltd, and about how information is processed in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
RM Social Work Consultancy Ltd is registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The ICO registration number is: ZB155052.
Your Rights
RM Social Work Consultancy Ltd is committed to protecting your rights, which include:
· To have a copy of your personal information that we process,
· To have information held about you rectified if incorrect and to add information if incomplete,
· To be informed about what we do with your personal information,
· The right to have your personal information erased and destroyed in certain circumstances,
· The right to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances,
· To object to processing of information in certain circumstances,
· To ask that we transfer the data we hold about you to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.
There is no fee for exercising your rights; if you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.
The information we Process
RM Social Work Consultancy Ltd processes the personal information of individuals who use social work services, in a children and families context, as part of social work assessment or intervention informed by the Children Act 1989. We also process personal data of professionals, family members and others linked to the services being provided.
Personal Information / Data may include:
· Names, dates of birth, and contact details (email, telephone and postal addresses),
· Financial information,
· Health and social information,
· Information related to ethnicity and sex.
Personal data is obtained via various sources, which may include:
· Information provided by the instructing client (for example, a Local Authority or Solicitor),
· Information provided by other services who are engaged with the client using social work services,
· Information provided to us directly by you.
RM Social Work Consultancy Ltd processes this information because it is in our ‘Legitimate Interests’ as a provider of social work services, safeguarding consultancy services and expert witness services; it is necessary to have access to this information in order to provide an expert opinion.
You are able to remove your consent at any time, you can do this by contacting RM Social Work Consultancy Ltd on the details provided at the end of this Privacy Statement.
RM Social Work Consultancy Ltd also processes other data in order to run the business in line with our ‘Legitimate Interests’, relating to;
· Accounting information,
· Invoices,
· Relevant Insurances, Professional Registrations and Memberships.
RM Social Work Consultancy Ltd has an online presence on the company website www.rmsocialwork.co.uk and on LinkedIn; this Privacy Statement can be found by visiting our website.
When visiting our online presence, RM Social Work Consultancy Ltd will not process your personal information outside of these platforms without your prior consent, unless it is in our ‘Legitimate Interests’ to do so. Our website uses cookies to assist with analysing user traffic; the platform used is GoDaddy and details of their ‘Cookie Policy’ can be found via their website www.godaddy.co.uk.
Data Retention
Personal data is retained, where necessary, for a period of 6 years in line with RM Social Work Consultancy Ltd insurance requirements; where this is not necessary data is confidentially destroyed upon conclusion of the work.
Administrative data is retained for a period of 6 years as necessary, in the event there are queries from HMRC; where this is not necessary data is confidentially destroyed as soon as possible.
Data Sharing
Personal information held is shared strictly on a need-to-know basis.
Personal information is not shared externally to RM Social Work Consultancy Ltd, with the exception of:
· Instructing agents for social work and expert witness services,
· Law enforcement services (if required),
· HMRC (as required),
· Other, pursuant to a Court Order.
Data Storage and Security
RM Social Work Consultancy Ltd has 3 electronic devices (laptop for portable working, desktop computer and mobile telephone); personal information is not stored on any other devices. Electronic files are protected by a PIN or password on each device.
Files which are held electronically and are password (PIN) protected. No other individual has access to the electronic files, or the PIN which allows access.
Personal information held on hard copy is stored securely. No other individual has access to the hard copy files, or the keys to locks which allow access.
Please contact RM Social Work Consultancy Ltd should you have any questions about the personal information we process:
Ms Rebecca Marston
email: rebecca@rmsocialwork.co.uk
Tel: 07544 880341
Post: Postal Address as above.
RM Social Work Consultancy Ltd has an online presence on the company website www.rmsocialwork.co.uk and on LinkedIn.
Alternatively, you can contact the ICO on 0303 123 1113.
Ms Rebecca Marston BA (Hons), PgCert.
Director, Independent Social Worker & Safeguarding Consultant