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After the Report: Reflecting on Next Steps

Virtual Lab School Management Child Abuse: Identification & Reporting Lesson 5 Explore After the Report: Reflecting on Next Steps
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As a manager, your responsibilities continue long after a report of suspected child abuse or neglect has been made. Talk with FAP and your Headquarters staff to ensure you know the expectations. Consider the following:

  • Access to administrative files and records: are your systems organized in a way that you can quickly give access to investigators?
  • Access to personnel for interviews: do you have a plan for adjusting staffing, so individuals can be interviewed?
  • Record of contacts with FAP,CPS, law enforcement: do you have a system for recording contacts with FAP, CPS and law enforcement?
  • Background check documentation: can you confirm that all staff members have up-to-date background check clearance?
  • Access to program materials: can you provide access to photos or footage from CCTV?

Remember, the steps listed above are things you should be thinking about all the time—not just when there has been an allegation of child abuse or neglect. For example, background check information should always be assessed and a tickler system should be in place to remind you of when certain items are due.

Notification Procedures:

What needs submitted?Who needs notified?How should they be notified (email, phone, writing)?By when?
Example:
Critical Event Form or Serious Incident Form		Example:
NAEYC/COA		Example:
email		Example:
within 72 hours