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Originally Posted by lisacb  I don't know what to tell you and I am glad I am not in your shoes.
However, I thought I would offer one thing. My brother is a high school teacher and he is required to law to report ANYTHING he thinks could be abuse. He explained it to me like this, " I see a mark and the thought crosses my mind, could that be abuse of some sort?" It crossed his mind, he is required to report it.
He doesn't have to have any proof. Is it different if you aren't a teacher? Do you have to have proof to report it and let Family Services investigate & decide?
Again, I don't know. I'm not a teacher and I don't know the rules (other than what my brother told me), I was just wondering if it matters that you don't have proof? Isn't that Family Services job - to investagate and decide?
Lisa |
Yes, it is different if you are a teacher. There are certain people who are "mandated" to report, one of those people are teachers, principals, counselors, doctors, people who work at DHS ie: food stamp workers, family service workers, police officers, and a few others, but those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head. If a mandated reporter does not make a report, they could lose their job, if it was later found out they knew or saw something and didn't say anything.