Procedures For Mandatory Reporting In NSW

[soma.sanyal2]

Your Assignment Module Number and Heading: legal
Your Assignment Type: Standard Question
Currently Working in Childcare? No
Your knowledge: Beginner

Your Question?
e) Clearly explain the procedures for reporting in your state or territory, include the organisation you contact, contact numbers and information you need.

What is your answer so far or What have you done so far as an attempt to solve this question?
As a mandatory reporter he needs to report matter to the child protection helpline by calling on 133627, fax- 96337666 or e report. As they are employed in government agencies they can call the child wellbeing unit for help if in doubt about the child been the risk of significant harm. As they are mandatory reporters employed in government agencies that have a child wellbeing unit for help when they are in doubt about whether a case meets the new threshold of risk of significant harm. The mandatory report guide indicates if the matter doesn’t reach the significant harm threshold a report cannot be made to helpline. The helpline will then take information on additional factors to make sure that the child need help.
The child protection helpline provides feedback by letter or fax to mandatory reporters on the reports it receives. If the feedback indicates that the details / enough information does not consider sufficient for significant harm. Than the mandatory reporter needs to provide additional service by locally assisting in addressing identified problems and minimising the risk of future harm.
All mandatory reporters should also seek – direction from their agency procedures on making a child protection report. They need to consult the mandatory reporter guide to assess whether a child or young person is at risk of significant harm. W hen reporting to helpline the important information should be gathered and even though little information is known but shows that there is still a risk of significant harm. It is also important to provide all relevant information when making a child protection report.
The kind of information required while making a mandatory report includes risk of significant harm information, as prompted by the Mandatory Reporter Guide, as well as information about the child or young person, the family, the reporter, and the context of the report, which are as follows:
Child’s information
• Name of child.
• Age and date of birth .
• If child is Indigenous.
• Cultural background of child, language(s) spoken, religion and other cultural factors
• Name, age of other household children or young people
• Address of child and family
• School or child care details
• If child has a disability.
• Is the child/young person subject of an Apprehended Violence Order?
• Is the child or young person under the care of the Minister or residing in out-of-home care?
Family information
• Name, age of parents/carer and household adults
• Home and/or mobile phone number
• Cultural background of parents, language(s) spoken, religion and other cultural factors
• Information about parental risk factors and how they link to child’s risk of harm
o domestic violence
o alcohol or other drug misuse
o unmanaged mental illness
o intellectual or other disability
• Protective factors and family strengths
• Non-offending carers’ capacity to protect child
• Any previous suspicious death of a child or young person in the household?
• Is the parent/carer pregnant?
• Is the parent/carer the subject of an Apprehended Violence Order?
• Description of family structure (for example, biological parents, single parent, blended family)
• Name, age, gender of siblings. Do siblings live with the child or young person?
Reporter Details
• Name, agency address, phone and email details
• Position
• Reason for reporting today
• Nature of contact with child or family
• Nature of ongoing role with child or family (include frequency, duration and type)
• If report is being made by someone else in the agency, name of the agency worker who sourced the report
Once a report is made to the Child Protection Helpline no further report needs to be made unless new information comes to hand.

Is this correct?

Description and Message:

[Lorina]

Yes!

Ref: How To Make A Report

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L.A

[soma.sanyal2]

Thank you so much