Mandated Reporting Training
There are legislations at the federal government level resulting that every state in the united states of America also have state legislation covering the mandated reporting requirements. Furthermore, every agency or establishment has additional guidelines that are required for their employees to adhere to.
Arizona State
Arizona Child Abuse Info Center provides information in addition to training on Arizona legislation requirements on mandated reporting. The site includes a free mandatory reporting training with a pretest and posttest, it also includes training slides on top of video training. The pretest included 14 questions to gauge the level of understanding of the legislation of Arizona for mandated reporting for child abuse. The additional training clarified on the repercussions that can occur if a social worker fails to report suspected child abuse. The result includes a misdemeanor charge, a felony charge, including an administrative reprimand. It is helpful to know that there is immunity to the reporter if the report was made in good faith. That provides protection to the social worker from any civil
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Section one of the training covers this time limit is that it must occur within is 72 hours. Section two covers the four general domains of abuse that are to be reported. This section added additional clarification on requirements on reporting physical abuse. The clarification included connecting the injury to how it occurred, if the story matches the injury then it could mean the injury was accidental. If the story is not matching the injury, then there is potential concern of abuse that would need to be reported. This additional training provides a greater understanding of methods to help understand physical injuries and the connection to possible physical
The possible physical abuse section includes the assessment of bruising that appeared on several places on the patient’s body including right periorbital area and right maxilla along with swelling, redness and warmth. There was
In the state of New York the Child Protective System identifies certain professional a vital purpose in reporting child abuse, a code of ethic is used here B.2.a., Probable Harm and Legal requirements under the ACA code of ethics (Counseling, 2015). It is mandated to certain professionals to report
abuse or suspected abuse of vulnerable individuals is mandated to be reported in most states
The controversial issue of whether or not Child Protective Services are doing their jobs properly, has grabbed nationwide attention. Child Protective Services is the name of a government agency in many states of the United States whose mission is to respond to reports of child abuse and neglect. Some of these cases may include physical abuse, sexual abuse, and mental abuse (Wikipedia). The child welfare system is corrupted. The parents and guardians who are accused of abuse are automatically labeled as guilty and will have to prove their innocence; instead of being innocent until proven guilty.
What is child abuse? From the word “abuse” we can understand that it is some sort of a maltreatment of a child, causing harm and damage both to his physical and psychological well-being. At the Federal level, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) describes child abuse and neglect as: “any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker, which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse, or exploitation, or an act or failure to act which presents an imminent risk of serious harm.” Child abuse is a very substantial and widely spread problem in U.S. affecting children of any age, gender, race, background or income, with more than 1.8 million investigations done every year and on average, killing more than 5 children every day. The main issue of child abuse is that the abuser is usually someone a child loves or depends on (a parent, sibling, coach, neighbor, etc.), who violates child’s trust putting personal interests first, therefore official numbers of how many children suffer maltreatment might be not accurate enough as remarkable amount of these cases go unreported. Each case of child abuse is unique, with a lot of individual factors involved, nevertheless, we can distinguish some of the common causes, such as poverty, lack of education, depression, mental or physical health
Yes, Tavion’s mother’s statement of concern about the suspicion of abuse should warrant a valid reason to lunch investigation in the child injury. Moreover, the emergency department staff had suspicion about the Tavion’s injury due to the fact injury is not consistence with an injury sustained in park playground. Hospitals are mandate by law to report any suspicion of child abuse; the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act enacted in 1974 was designed to encourage the reporting of child abuse cases, and prevention. In addition, most states have enacted laws to further protect abuse children, and most states protect the individual required to report cases of suspected child abuse; the following individual are eligible to report suspected cases of abuse include healthcare administrators, physicians, interns, registered nurse, chiropractors, social service workers, psychologists, dentists, osteopaths, optometrists, podiatrists, mental health professionals, and volunteer in healthcare facilities (Pozgar, 2014).
When a child is suspected of being abused, neglected or placed at imminent risk of serious harm by a member of the staff of a private or public school or an institution that cares for the child, the person in charge of the school or facility must notify the child’s parent or other person responsible for the child’s care that a report has been made. The state’s department of child abuse responsibility is to notify the head of a facility, school or establishment that a report has been made.
Attend to any injuries and seek medical help, if the abuse is of a sexual nature then to seek medical help before attending the injuries.
Physical abuse is non-accidental pain or injury inflicted on a service user by a health or care worker. This can include hitting, shaking, rough treatment or inappropriate use of restraint.
Physical abuse includes the smashing of furniture and personal belongings, being pushed or shoved, being held against your will,slapped, bitten, kicked, pinched, punched, choked or ducked under water, threatened or hurt with a weapon, threats of violence, locked in or out of the house, hair pulled …burnt with cigarettes, acid, an iron, hot food or water … Signs: bruising, particularly in well-protected and covered areas, fractures, sprains or dislocations,
For 30 years, advocates, program administrators, and politicians have joined to encourage even more reports of suspected child abuse and neglect. Their efforts have been successful, with about three million cases of suspected child abuse having been reported in 1993. Large numbers of endangered children still go unreported, but a serious problem had developed: Upon investigation, as many as 65 percent or the reports now being made are determined to be "unsubstantiated", raising serious civil liberties concerns and placing a huge burden on investigative staffs.
In this case, Thomas' physician should comply with the state mandatory reporting law, and report Thomas' condition. Physicians should always report positive test results of chlamydia, chancroid, gonorrhea, hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, HIV, and syphilis to the local health department which will inform the CDC (CDC, 2017). These diseases can be asymptomatic and a person may not even know if they have been infected (CDC, 2017). As a team, it is the physician, the health department, and the CDC's duty to protect the public health. His physician should also remind him about HIPAA laws, which protect his personal health information, and anyone who discloses his health information without his consent, will face consequences enforced by the
Child abuse in the United States is a growing epidemic. Every year the number of reported cases, and missing children go up. This is caused mostly by lack of education about the different types of child abuse, and the signs that go along with it. Communities need to provide more resources to better educate the public about the types of abuse, and the signs that go along with it. Child abuse and neglect can be lessened by more resources, more education and to reach out to others.
If Stephanie does decide to remain in a relationship with Geoff, she should set relationship boundaries. The relationship should be strictly professional during Geoff’s supervised practicum. I do not think it is possible for Stephanie to remain Geoff's supervisor at this point. Her judgment about Geoff might be affected; she may be willing to give him better grades or ignore bad behavior. It will be wise for Geoff to request for a new supervisor.
If someone fails to report child abuse or neglect also face penalties and consequences."• 18 of 50 states require abuse reporting training.