A third-party representatives policy template giving frontline staff guidance on authenticating mandates, third parties without a mandate, interpreters, and protecting consumers from harm.
This policy template is supplied in fully editable MS Word format and can be easily customised and edited. The document uses pre-defined style formatting throughout, with all text in Calibri font for improved readability.
The following document labelling is included in the footer:
- Policy number and title
- Information-classification
- Version
- Page number / total pages
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Third-Party Representatives Policy Template
A policy template giving frontline staff guidance on dealing with third-party representatives appointed to act on behalf of a vulnerable consumer, while keeping the consumer involved and supported to make their own decisions.
The policy has Approved By and Date Approved fields and carries a Public information classification, so it can be shared with workers, clients and other interested parties.
What the Third-Party Representatives Policy Covers
- Definition - formal and informal representatives, such as people holding a power of attorney, family members and social workers
- Relevant legislation - awareness of the law on mandates, privacy and data protection, with the legal register as a reference
- Authenticating third parties - mandates formally validated, with limited, non-confidential help until then
- Emergencies - vital information shared where needed to protect the consumer's health or safety
- Third parties without a mandate - no confidential information and no decisions that need a legal representative, while still working with those trying to help
- Legal advice - specialist advice on the legality of mandates when staff are unsure
- Interpreters and translators - who provides and pays, and checking credentials
- Protecting consumers - training to spot fraud by third parties, removing their rights and reporting to the appropriate authorities
Written to Be Shared
Like every alphaZ policy, this is written as a public policy statement that can be shared openly with workers, customers, suppliers and assessors. The internal detail of how it is carried out belongs in your procedures.
Using the Policy
Add your company name and logo, check each commitment matches what your organisation does and edit any that do not, then approve and date the policy and share it with workers and anyone else who needs to see it.
Who Needs a Third-Party Representatives Policy?
Organisations that serve consumers who may be represented by others, and those working to ISO 22458.
Included in the ISO 22458 Toolkit
This policy is part of the ISO 22458 Toolkit and every alphaZ ISO toolkit that covers ISO 22458.
Works with the Consumer Vulnerability Procedure
The PP-1-17 Consumer Vulnerability Policy Procedure sets out the procedure, and concerns about a vulnerable consumer can be recorded on the F-Q102 Vulnerable Consumer Report.
Document Control
The footer carries the policy number and title, information classification, version and page numbers, and the approval fields record who approved the policy and when, so it can be controlled with the rest of your management system documents and listed on a document register such as the F-IMS20 Document Register.
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