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    Default Re: Am I A Mandated Reporter?

    A child has reported to a caregiver she is being hit (abused) OP sits and wonders if she is mandated reporter of what will happen if claims proves false. In meantime this child could be getting beaten more and worse. Here is a sample of her excuses for not reporting this issue and placing a child in danger


    I am not a mandated reporter...but I would REALLY like some advice please. I know what it's like, and if it's true, it would be a shame. What's the worse thing that could happen if the abuse never took place? What would happen to her? The family?

    Will I get in trouble for making a "false report"?



    I am only concerned because I don't want CFS to invade when there's not an incident...or to investigate and assume nothing is going on, which will only make her mother even angrier.

    I am not a professional...personally, I believe her. But if a PROFESSIONAL staff member says that it doesn't exist...he is the one with experience, right? I don't know what to do...this is NOT as easy as you think it is! You need to think about all sides. I am only an undergraduate intern in my third year! He probably knows the girl better than I do.

    Okay, I don't even know this girls's last name, okay? I think talking to the supervisor first is important. I am only an undergraduate, and if they get mine AND the supervisor's statement, it would be more valid. It would be taken more seriously. Remember, not all call reports are investigated!!

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    Default Re: Am I A Mandated Reporter?

    Are there signs of bruising? Beatings usually leave bruises, don't they?

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    Default Re: Am I A Mandated Reporter?

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    Are there signs of bruising? Beatings usually leave bruises, don't they?
    One would think so, considering the child says she has been punched everywhere.

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    Default Re: Am I A Mandated Reporter?

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    Are there signs of bruising? Beatings usually leave bruises, don't they?
    There doesn't have to be bruising...The OP should report the alleged abuse and CPS will sort it out. That is her job!

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    Default Re: Am I A Mandated Reporter?

    There do not have to be obvious visible bruises to prove physical abuse.

    OP agreed to take a "position" (she does not like to call it a"job") to work with children in a "youth services home". She previously worked with behavioral modification for autistic children, and with abused women, so her excuse of not knowing what to do really doesn't fly with me.

    I agree that she is hesitating because she is thinking of herself, not the allegedly abused child. I also think she was either not properly trained, or ignored any training she received, for the "position" she has.

    Her responsibility is not to decipher whether this child "exaggerates", nor is she permitted to ask to see bruising (she can document the location, size and approx. age of the bruise, only if it is obvious or the child shows it/them to her). A child informed her that there was abuse, not once, but twice. It was confirmed by another person, albeit also a child.

    Initially, she should have immediately reported the incident to her supervisor, then CPS. Period. As Bay said, let them sort it all out.

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    Default Re: Am I A Mandated Reporter?

    I don't think there's much more that can be said on the legal issues, and debating somebody's motives doesn't serve any real purpose, so I think this has run its course.

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