Reporting Procedures
13.3 Procedure for Reporting Child Protection Concerns
If there are reasonable grounds for concern, I will report the concern to TÚSLA.
As I am not Túsla registered according to current statutory law I am not a mandated person.
However, I will report every concern above the defined threshold, and assist in any Tusla child protection investigation on request.
The following examples would constitute reasonable grounds for concern:
· a specific indication from a child that (s)he was abused;
· a statement from a person who witnessed abuse;
· an illness, injury or behaviour consistent with abuse;
· a symptom which may not in itself be totally consistent with abuse, but which is supported by corroborative evidence of deliberate harm or negligence;
· Consistent signs of neglect over a period of time.
This also applies if a parent/carer or any other person discloses that he or she has harmed or is at risk of harming a child.