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Mandated Reporter If you are a mandated reporter, you are required to report. If you suspect abuse, you are responsible for reporting it. Making a report of suspected child abuse is difficult. But the fact that a 22 year old CPS caseworker with 6 weeks training can destroy your professional credentials and ability to work in your profession helps your decision considerably. "Mandated reporters are guilty of a misdemeanor and may be subject to civil damage suits it they fail to report. " There are always nagging doubts about what the outcome will be, and the probability the report will put the child at greater risk in state custody than at home. The best way to minimize the difficulty of reporting is to be fully prepared for the experience and to understand the reporting requirements and the process that is triggered by making a report. Keep in mind, that Child Protective Services only investigates allegations of child abuse or neglect perpetrated or allowed by the child's parent, caretaker or guardian. The parents will have NO access to any of the protections of Miranda or the Constitution. Their "investigation" will be nothing more than digging up or inventing dirt to assassinate their characters and compel "therapy" upon them under the presumption of guilt. The child(ren) will more than likely be removed from their homes greatly against the child's Fourth Amendment Right to- "be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures" -and placed in "foster care" where they are 5 times more likely to be assaulted or killed than they were in their homes with their parents. Allegations involving perpetrators other than the parents, caretakers, or guardians are referred to law enforcement for investigation where the perpetrator actually has access to his Constitutional Rights. |