Question

What is Jenny’s responsibility regarding mandatory reporting requirements? (Approx. 25 words).

Answer 1

Manadatory reporting requirements

As a mandated reporter, you are legally obliged to: make a report to Child Protection if you believe on reasonable grounds that a child is in need of protection from physical injury or sexual abuse. make the report as soon as practicable after forming your belief.

Mandated reporters are required to make a report of suspected abuse when they have reasonable cause to suspect that a child is a victim of child abuse under any of the following circumstances:

• They have contact with the child as part of work or through a regularly scheduled program activity or service OR
• They are responsible for the child or work for an agency that is directly responsible for the child OR
• Someone makes a specific disclosure to the mandated reporter and the child is identifiable. This includes children that the mandated reporter may not know through their work or volunteer position OR
• A person 14 years old or older makes a disclosure that he/she has committee child abuse. This includes children that the mandated reporter may not know through their work or volunteer position.

The child does NOT have to come before the mandated reporter in order for the mandated reporter to make a report of suspected child abuse.