Mandated Reporter Training- California
- Category: Mandated Reporter Training
- Duration: 40 minutes
Course Overview This training was developed to help employers to provide their employees who are mandated reporters with training in the duties imposed by Penal Code ยง 11165.7. This training includes training in child abuse and neglect identification and training in child abuse and neglect reporting. In addition to or in place of this training, there is an in depth general online training for mandated reporters that may to completed that is offered by the Office of Child Abuse Prevention in the State Department of Social Services. Resources used to help create this training include: California Department of Social Services Office of Child Abuse and Prevention's The California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Law - Issues and Answers for Mandated Reporters publication.
Training Includes
- Mandated Reporter Policy
- The Reporting Law
- Who, Why, What, and When to Report
- Failure to Report
- Immunity
- Who are Mandatory Reporters
- Reasonable Suspicion
- Assessments of Abuse
- False Allegations
- Communication with Parents
- Confidentiality
- Potential Barriers
- Helpful Tools