Multiple lawsuits alleging child abuse, and the failure to
report suspected instances of the same, have revealed that many employees of
the public entities, including those of the cities, do not understand their
duties to identify and report suspected or known instances of child abuse. This failure is due, in large part, to
inadequate training of employees, and other personnel, in their legal
obligations as “mandated reporters”.
To
help protect children from child abuse, and cities from liability for failing
to report suspected cases of abuse, each city should establish and implement a
program to train all “mandated reporters”, including volunteers and other
personnel who have direct contact or supervision of children, in abuse
reporting guidelines. The training
programs should be conducted on an annual basis and each city should implement
a system to verify that employees and other personnel who are mandated
reporters have successfully completed the training.
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