About Child Abuse Mandated Reporting Training, Education & Volunteer Opportunities Local Resources National Crisis Hotlines Home		Butte County Guide for MANDATED REPORTING You have the ability to change the life of a child or elder by reporting suspected abuse. This sheet will provide you with information to help you report abuse if you should need to. Who reports? child care providers probation officers health practitioners group home staff child protective agencies teachers school staff law enforcement clergy members social workers child/visitation monitors firefighters(non-voluntary) animal control dance instructors therapists coroner employment staff workers investigators commercial film and photographic print processors What are you legally mandated to report? You are required to report child abuse. The abuse may consist of: Physical abuse Severe or general neglect Mental suffering/emotional abuse Willful cruelty or corporal punishment of child resulting in injury Sexual abuse Child exploitation, child pornography and child prostitution Criteria for reporting: observation reasonable suspicion knowledge of abuse Why do you report? Child abuse tends to escalate in frequency and severity. You are required by law to report: to protect the child to comply with the law to get help for the family Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act (Penal Code Sections 11165-11174) Whom do you report? Anyone who is abusing a child, which may include sexual abuse, neglect, extreme corporal punishment resulting in injury. To whom? Life threatening or in immediate danger call: 911 Any other suspected child abuse please call: Butte County Department of Social Services: 800-400-0902 Report to law enforcement all incidents of abuse by a non-family member. Butte County Sheriff     Oroville area:538-7321    Chico area:891-2711 Chico Police 895-4900 Gridley Police 846-5670 Oroville Police 538-2444 Paradise Police 872-6241 How do you report? A telephone report must be made immediately if there is reasonable suspicion that a child has been abused. A written report on a standard form (11166) must be submitted within 36 hours after the telephone report has been made. About Child Abuse | Mandated Reporting Training, Education & Volunteer Opportunities Local Resources | National Crisis Hotlines | Home Child Abuse Prevention Council of Butte County P.O. Box 569 • Chico, CA 95927 Phone: (530) 342-3100 Fax: (530) 342-3995

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