Mandatory Reporting- Childrens First Act 2015

Mandatory Reporting and Child Safeguarding Statements will become law in just over 2 months.

The remaining provisions of the Children First Act 2015 will come into effect on the 11th of December next.

10 KEY POINTS TO NOTE:

1. Mandatory reporting obligations will be imposed on certain key professionals to report concerns of harm to Tusla.
2. These professionals, defined as "mandated persons" and the definition includes social workers, doctors, teachers , child safeguarding officers who are employed for that purpose, members of An Garda Sίochána, youth workers and those carrying gout a preschool service, to name but a few.
3. The mandated person is required to report concerns of harm and section 2 of the Act defines harm as follows: