Mandated Reporting

Mandated reporting is not a new concept to me. Although I understood the legal requirements for mandated reporters, as well as the reasons when to report, I found the training to be helpful and very interesting. I chose to to my training through the California website for Pre/Post Licensed professionals. This was an extremely interesting training as it provided much more information than the usual trainings. In addition to teaching about when to report, how to report, and what to report, the training taught many other relevant concepts.

The first interesting addition was training on how to work within a counseling setting before, during, and after a report. This information was helpful in providing steps and tips on how to continue to work with a client in the midst of these three steps. It is not always a client’s choice to report abuse, and they will most likely resist the idea of a report or self reporting. This training provided tools that a practitioner can use in order to continue to work with a client even during, or after a report has been made. If a practitioner handles this process professionally and skillfully, a client is much more likely to continue …show more content…
This was interesting and helpful because it provided additional signs of abuse not readily looked for by professionals. There are often obvious signs of abuse, and then there are less obvious signs. If in reading the case scenarios you were not careful to discover the less obvious signs that were mentioned, then you would get the question wrong. This was not only good practice, but awareness training. As social workers, we should be reporting obvious abuse, but also noting and documenting not obvious signs as well. If they cause suspicion, then a social worker should consult a supervisor, CPS, or report the suspicion and let the investigator