MANDATED REPORTER TRAINING
Are You A Mandated Reporter?
What Are Your Responsibilities?
Who IS a Mandated Reporter under Missouri Law?
Physicians, medical examiners, coroners, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists, podiatrists, residents, interns, nurses, hospital or clinic personnel engaged in examination, care, treatment or research of persons, any other health practitioner, psychologists, mental health professionals, social workers, day care center workers, other child care workers, juvenile officers, probation and parole officers, jail or detention center personnel, teachers, principals or other school officials, ministers, Christian Science practitioners, peace officers, law enforcement officials, or other persons with responsibility for care of children.
When MUST a Mandated Reporter Make a Report to the Hotline?
When he/she has reasonable cause to suspect that a child has been or may be subjected to abuse or neglect, or observes a child being subjected to conditions or circumstances which would reasonably result in abuse or neglect, that person shall IMMEDIATELY report or cause a report to be made.
What Will I Be Asked When I Call?
- Name and address of the child, and the name of his/her parents or other person responsible for his care;
- The child's age, sex and race;
- Nature and extent of child's injuries, abuse or neglect to child or his siblings;
- Name, age and address of the person responsible for the injuries, abuse, or neglect;
- Family composition;
- Family composition;
- Name and address of person making the report, reporter's occupation, where reporter can be reached;
- Any action taken by reporting source (such as x-rays, or photographs).
You MUST call even if you do not have the answers to the above questions.
Can I Make a Call to the Hotline if I'm NOT a Mandated Reporter?
YES! Although mandated reporters MUST call when they suspect abuse or neglect to a child less than 18 years old, any person may report suspected child abuse to the hotline.
REMEMBER, it is NOT your job to prove abuse, it IS your job to report it.
Hotline Numbers
- Missouri In-State 1-800-392-3738
- Out of Missouri 1-573-751-3448
- Prevent Child Abuse America 1-312-663-3520
What Will I Learn During the Seminar?
Below are frequently asked questions that will be addressed during the seminar.
- If I am an administrator, what is my liability regarding mandated reporting?
- Will the person(s) I report find out that I am the one who called?
- What if the abuse or neglect I suspect turns out to be untrue?
- What happens after the report is made?
- What if the Division of Family Services is already involved with the family, should I still make a report?
- As a mandated reporter, will I get information back about the report that I make?
- Do I have to be sure the child is being abused before I make the report?
- What legal protections do I have as a mandated reporter?
How Do I Register for the FREE Mandated Reporter Seminar?
To register for the FREE two hour seminar, please call Community Partnership (417) 888-2020.
CERTIFICATES OF ATTENDANCE WILL BE PROVIDED