Child Protection Report and Analysis

This assignment involves analyzing a child protection report detailing a situation where Justin disclosed being physically abused by his father, Paul. The report requires examining the details of the disclosure, relevant legislation (Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 (NSW)), and mandatory reporting procedures. It also focuses on recording the information accurately and reporting it to the appropriate authorities, demonstrating understanding of ethical and legal responsibilities in child protection.

CHCPRT001
Identify and respond to children and young
people at risk
Assessment Workbook
(for Early Childhood Education and Care students)
STUDENT DECLARATION
a.I _________________________________________________ declare that below tasks
are my own work.
þ None of this work has been completed by any other person.
þ I have not cheated or plagiarised the work or colluded with any other student/s.
þ I have correctly referenced all resources and reference texts throughout these
assessment tasks.
þ I understand that if I am found to be in breach of policy, disciplinary action may be taken
against me.
Student
Signature:
Date:
CHCPRT001_ AW_ V2  Copyright 4Life Pty Ltd 1 of 27

THEORY QUESTIONS
This section records the results of your classroom based assessments which relate to unit
Question Satisfactory (S) Not satisfactory
(NS) Comments
Part A –
Questions
1
2
3
4
Part B Case
Studies
Case Study 1
1
2
3
4
5
6
Case Study 2
1
2
3
Case Study 3
1
2
Part C
Project
Reasonable adjustment
notes:
The student’s overall
performance is: Satisfactory Not Satisfactory
CHCPRT001 _AW V2  Copyright 4Life Pty Ltd Page 2 of 27

Is re-assessment
necessary? Yes No
Assessor signature Date
Student signature Date
CHCPRT001 _AW V2  Copyright 4Life Pty Ltd Page 3 of 27

All questions must be answered
PART A - QUESTIONS
QUESTION 1
Standard 4.2 of the National Quality Standard requires that ‘Educators, co-ordinators and staff members are respectful
and ethical’.
The Early Childhood Australia Code of Ethics, list ten values that are important to ethical decision making. These include:
1. Respect
2. Democracy
3. Honesty
4. Integrity
5. Justice
6. Courage
7. Inclusivity
8. Social responsiveness
9. Cultural responsiveness
10. Education.
Choose two of these values and explain how they can help educators to make good ethical decisions.
Value Good ethical decision making
respect The educators, co-ordinators and staff members are required to be respect
the rights of the children as stipulated in the United Nations Convention of
the Rights of the Child [1991] and they must strive to promote such rights.
The educators and the staff members must be respectful of the special
relationship that exists between the children and their families. This
perspective must be demonstrated while interacting with the children (Parton
2014).
Justice The educators and the staff members must ensure that no injustice is done
with any of the children and in case of any injustice; the educators must take
immediate steps to avert such injustice.
It is the responsibility of the teachers to create a safe and healthy
environment with a view to enhance the learning, development , dignity and
self-worth of the children. The educators are responsible for ensuring that no
child is discriminated on the grounds of sex, age, disability, culture. Under all
circumstances, the educators must act in the best interest of the children
(Benbenishty et al. 2015).
CHCPRT001 _AW V2  Copyright 4Life Pty Ltd Page 4 of 27

QUESTION 2
Provide an explanation, three indicators and an example for each of the following forms of abuse.
Type of abuse Explanation Indicators Example
Psychological
abuse
It may be defined as any form of
inappropriate verbal
communication with the child
 Shouting
 Swearing
 Isolating
 Corrupting
 Terrorising
 Over-criticising
Swearing in front of the child or
terrorising a child to act or
refrain from doing any
particular act shall amount to
psychological abuse.
Physical abuse It may be defined as
physical force inflicted
deliberately causing harm
to the child.
 Bruising
 Welts’
 Burns
 Lacerations
 Fractures
 Dislocations of limbs
Any situation that would
be considered
inappropriate for the
development stage of the
child. For instance-
shaking an infant would
amount to physical abuse
even if the infant is not
injured. This is because
shaking an infant is
inappropriate for the
development of the
infant’s age.
CHCPRT001 _AW V2  Copyright 4Life Pty Ltd Page 5 of 27

Type of abuse Explanation Indicators Example
Sexual Sexual abuse refers to the sexual
acts against any child.
 Fondling
 Masturbation
 Penetration
For instance- fondling a child in
the name of expressing love
towards the child would
amount to sexual abuse;
Compelling a child to watch
adult movies is another
instance of sexual abuse
against a child.
Physical neglect It refers to the failure to fulfil the
essential requirements of
emotional and physical
development, thus, jeopardizing
the welfare of the child.
 Inadequate housing
 Inadequate clothing
 Lack of adequate health
care and food
If a child is not provided with
adequate clothing or housing
and is subject to negligence in
relation to food or health care,
it shall amount to physical
abuse.
CHCPRT001 _AW V2  Copyright 4Life Pty Ltd Page 6 of 27

QUESTION 3
In the following table provide a brief comment (30 to 50 words) on how age, disability, gender and culture may increase
the risk of harm.
Reason for increased risk of harm
Young age Family circumstances often lead to the incline in the likelihood of the children
being at risk. For instance, large family or single parent; aggressive parenting
style; violence or conflict in the home. These circumstances have an adverse
impact on the children, especially young aged which leads to enhanced
probabilities of children being at risk (Parton, N., 2014).
Disability children expects support and love and care from their parents and the society but
it is often observe that they become subject to discrimination and lacks parental
or societal support which leads to low moral strength and low self respect, thus,
the chance of being at risk increases.
Gender Gender is another factor leading to increase the chances of the children being at
risk. The children are often discriminated on the grounds of gender. In some
cases, the boy child is preferred more than the girl gender and she is deprived of
the facilities that are usually provided to the boy child. This leads to low self-
morale in the girl child.
Culture Diversity in culture also leads to incline in the probability of the children being at
risk. The socio=economic status or the cultural background of the children often
leads to discrimination, especially among the children where the children
belonging to diverse cultural background are often excluded from the friends
group or from participating in any play or other activities (Tayler et al. 2013).
CHCPRT001 _AW V2  Copyright 4Life Pty Ltd Page 7 of 27

QUESTION 4
What is meant by ‘trauma-informed care’?
Tick the correct answer.
¨ Care that should be provided to a staff member when they have witnessed a traumatic incident.
¨ Reporting of situations where child abuse is known to have occurred.
 An organisational system for identifying and responding to a person who has suffered trauma.
¨ Hospital and/or nursing treatment for a child who has had a traumatic experience.
PART B – CASE STUDIES
INSTRUCTIONS:
Before starting this assessment read the Child Protection policy provided.
Use this policy to guide your answers to the case studies.
CASE STUDY 1: JUSTIN
Justin is a four-year old child who has been at your service for some time. He had a history of abuse some time ago which
the child protection agency became involved in as the mother’s boyfriend was violent with him.
An intervention order was put on the boyfriend and he left town.
Justin settled down well after the boyfriend left and all has been well until a week ago when Justin seemed very quiet and
withdrawn. When asked if he was okay, he said yes but wouldn’t say anymore.
Today when his mother came to pick him up, he didn’t want to go home and said he didn’t like it with Paul back. His
mother noticed that you had heard what Justin had said and knew that you were aware of Paul’s history.
She said, ‘I don’t want you to tell anyone about this – this is private information that you shouldn’t have heard. Paul is
being nice to Justin – he knows he has to or I won’t let him stay. He is only here for a week because he has just got a new
job here and he has nowhere else to stay till he gets himself sorted. He is finally sorting himself out – he has stopped
drinking and wants a new start.’
She picked Justin up, who was still crying, and left the service.
QUESTION 1
a) What legislation covers the protection of children against abuse in your state?
Children and Young persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998
b) Under the Act for your state, list four job roles that are required to be mandatory reporters.
CHCPRT001 _AW V2  Copyright 4Life Pty Ltd Page 8 of 27

1. any person who in his/her professional work delivers children’s services either wholly or partly to children as per
section 23 and 27 of the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 (NSW).
2. any person who is in a managerial position in an organisation who is under the responsibility to supervise the
children’s services and the care provided to the children either partly or wholly.
3. any person must be in a managerial position and must be responsible for providing education or welfare to the
children either wholly or partly
4. a person must be in a position to deliver education, health services or children services either wholly or partly to the
children
c) What could happen if you do not exercise your duty of care in this case?
In case the educators fail to exercise their reasonable duty of care to identify the causes of harm and prevent the harm
from occurring, a complaint should be made to the supervisor or the manager of the Happiville Child Care centre about
such infringement of duty.
Due to the breach of duty of care on part of the educators and the staff members, the child may suffer injuries or hav an
adverse impact on the health of the child.
QUESTION 2
List four indicators in this case study that suggest that Justin is at risk.
1.Justin had a previous history of being subjected to abuse by his mother’s boyfriend; An intervention order was passed
against his mother’s boyfriend.
2. He was acting normal after Paul left but again seemed very quiet and was reluctant to responds to any question and
seemed to be withdrawn.
3. he did not want to go home when his mother came to pick him up. He was afraid that Paul, his mother’s boyfriend
was back home and he refused to go home. He started crying when his mother forcefully took him.
CHCPRT001 _AW V2  Copyright 4Life Pty Ltd Page 9 of 27

4. Paul had a habit of drinking and had a previous history of being violent with Justin, which increase the probability for
Justin to be at risk.
QUESTION 3
As an educator, what are your responsibilities in this situation?
As an educator, it is my responsibility to believe Justin and comfort him saying that it is not his fault and that I need to
talk about it to the supervisor to obtain help. I must assure him that he has done the right thing by disclosing the fact.
i would also take down the information and report it to the supervisor immediately.
QUESTION 4
Where can you find information from inside and outside the workplace about how to deal with suspicion of client abuse?
If there is a reasonably suspicion about any client abuse, the information must be reported to the supervisor of the
workplace. The information available about the client will help to gather further information from within the workplace.
If then suspicion of risk about the client is too high, then the same must be reported to the supervisor immediately who
would inform the Child Protection authority, if needed, police may also be informed (Daley 2016).
QUESTION 5
d) What guidance does a code of ethics (for example, the Early Childhood Australia Code of Ethics) give in relation to
this case?
CHCPRT001 _AW V2  Copyright 4Life Pty Ltd Page 10 of 27

According to the Early Childhood Australia Code of Ethics, the childhood professionals holds a unique position of
influence and trusts in relation to the children, families, colleagues and the society as a whole, hence, professional
accountability is fundamental for the profession of educator delivering child services (Mathews 2014).
The Code of Ethics requires the educators to act in the best interests of all children and under these circumstances, the
educators must be sensitive to the vulnerabilities of the children and the families and must respond in manner that
maintains the dignity of the children and their families. Under these circumstances, the educator shall maintain
confidentiality of the family matter of Justin, thus, respecting the right to privacy of the family. However, the educator
may report about the violence that Justin is scared of being subject to owing to the involvement of the childcare agencies
in the previous instance where he was subject to violence by his mother’s boyfriend.
CHCPRT001 _AW V2  Copyright 4Life Pty Ltd Page 11 of 27

e) Do you think this guidance incorporates the human rights of children? Explain your answer, referring to the United
Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The guidance respects the rights of the children as stipulated in the United nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
[1989] and strives to promote these rights and act in compliance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The
Conventions aims at preventing children from being discriminated and obligates the states to act in the best interest of
the children.
QUESTION 6
You decide that you will report this to your supervisor. When should you do this and what would you do if your
supervisor was not available?
After apprehending the reasonable risk that is suspected with regards to Justin, the detailed information about the
changes in the behaviour must be provided to the Supervisor immediately and in the absence of the supervisor, the
educator may inform the police about the same.
CHCPRT001 _AW V2  Copyright 4Life Pty Ltd Page 12 of 27

CASE STUDY 2: JULIA
Julia is an educator in your service.
You have been friends with Julia for years – both at work and socially.
She gets on really well with all the children in the service and has been a model worker. Lately she has been going through
a break-up with her husband and she has been very touchy and losing her temper easily with other staff.
Today you saw her lash out and smack one of the children who was being naughty. It wasn’t a hard smack but the child
was frightened by her behaviour and was crying. She said sorry to the child and gave him a cuddle to try to stop him
crying.
She did not know that you had seen the incident. Five minutes later you asked her if she was OK. She said yes – just leave
me alone to do my job please and left the room.
QUESTION 1
Given the stress that Julia has been under and her past reputation as a ‘model worker’, is her behaviour excusable?
Discuss this in terms of Julia’s legislative responsibilities.
Given Julia’s past reputation as model worker , her present act is not at all excusable as the
educators deliver child services with an aim to act in the best interests of the child. Julia was
stressed and lashed out at a child who was apparently scared of her behaviour and this
conduct is against the policy of the organisation as well as the rights enshrined in the UNCRC.
Julia may be terminated wither with pay or without pay for her conduct towards the child.
Further, she would require to work under supervision during the period of investigation.
QUESTION 2
CHCPRT001 _AW V2  Copyright 4Life Pty Ltd Page 13 of 27

f) You have been a good friend of Julia’s for years. What are three possible ethical dilemmas in this case?
1. as a professional, it is my responsibility to mentor other childhood professionals but being model worker in the past, it
would be difficult to convince Julia that her conduct was inappropriate.
2. i would have to act in a manner that enhances or improves my profession and would have to carry out my
responsibility to act in the best interest of the organisation
3.i would have to acknowledge the power dimensions within the professional relationships
g) How would you personally deal with these three ethical dilemmas, within the requirements of an educator’s role?
1. I would have to build collaborative relationships based on respect, trust and honesty.
2. I would make efforts to use constructive methods with a view to resolve differences of opinion in the spirit of
collegiality.
3. I would encourage Julia to act in compliance with the Code of ethics and take reasonable actions in the event of
unethical behaviours.
h) Where could you obtain support if you were having trouble resolving these ethical dilemmas? Suggest three sources
of support.
1. workplace policies acts as support to act in the best interest of the children
2. professional standards maintained in the organisation also provides a support to the educators to resolve the ethical
dilemmas that may arise in the workplace
CHCPRT001 _AW V2  Copyright 4Life Pty Ltd Page 14 of 27

3. interaction with the supervisors of the organisation and adherence to the lawful policies of the organisation or sedkk
change through appropriate procedures
QUESTION 3
As an educator, what action would you take to make sure you comply with organisational policies and procedures?
I would base my work on the modern perspective on research theory and the high-quality early childhood practices and
my knowledge about the children and the families in deal with within the employment.
I would adhere to the laws procedures and policies of the organisations to ensure that my conduct complies with the
code of ethics for child care protection in Australia.
CHILD PROTECTION POLICY
HAPPYVILLE CHILD CARE CENTRE
Scope
This policy applies to all employees of the Happyville Child Care Centre as well as
parents/guardians, children, volunteer workers, students and visitors to the service
Policy
The Happyville Child Care Centre is committed to providing a safe environment for children and
to protect children from harm.
The best interests of the child will always be foremost in our thoughts and actions.
All children will be treated with respect and understanding and will be nurtured and supported to:
 Feel safe and secure
 Be listened to
 Have input to decisions that are made about them
 Have their best interests upheld.
To keep children safe the Centre will make sure that all staff:
CHCPRT001 _AW V2  Copyright 4Life Pty Ltd Page 15 of 27

 Are trained to recognise and respond to child abuse
 Know how to access support services
 Understand the risk management process
 Correctly handle complaints and disclosures
 Uphold the rights of children and their families.
Under relevant state/territory legislation, the Centre is required to ensure that all allegations or
disclosures of child abuse are appropriately addressed.
These procedures provide a framework for the protection of children and to guide staff who may
need to report allegations of child abuse.
Procedures
 Recruitment:
It is essential that staff are recruited who will work diligently, safely, and in the best interest of
the children in the Centre. To assist us to recruit the right staff, and to follow correct
procedures the following will occur:
– All staff members will have a current Working with Children Check prior to recruitment.
– Every staff member will have a current police check.
– On recruitment all staff will attend an in-depth induction process which will include
training in Child Protection procedures.
 Allegations against staff members
Any allegations about staff members must be advised to the supervisor who will arrange with
the Centre Manager to report the matter to Child Protection Authority or Police if required.
When an allegation has been made against a staff member, consideration must be made
about the risk to children of this person continuing to work during investigation of the
allegations. Legal advice may be sought with a view to the possible stand-down of the staff
member – either with, or without pay.
At the least, the staff member will need to work under supervision at all times pending the
outcomes of the investigation.
 Allegations against people outside the Centre environment
Where a staff member has a reasonable belief that a child has experienced, or is at risk of,
abuse or neglect they must immediately inform their supervisor. The supervisor will then
confer with the Centre Manager to make a report to the Child Protection Authority. In cases of
urgency the Police must be contacted immediately.
 Reporting of information
A staff member who has a reasonable belief that a child is subject to abuse or neglect will
write a report that contains the following information:
– Child’s name, address and date of birth
– Reasons for concern. Report facts only.
– Family circumstances
– Record of the staff members observations. For example, bruising, child’s demeanour,
reaction of parent and so on
– Record of conversation of disclosure. For example, Jimmy said that… I asked him… I told
him I would…
CHCPRT001 _AW V2  Copyright 4Life Pty Ltd Page 16 of 27

– Assessment of risk of harm to child now.
– Current location of the child
– Information of any known history of abuse
– Any other relevant information.
The staff member will write the report in a way that is non-judgemental, factual and
professionally written. The report may be required for a court process at a later date.
What is ‘reasonable grounds of suspicion of harm’?
Reasonable grounds for suspicion of harm is:
 A child tells you that they have been harmed.
 Someone else tells you that the child has been harmed
 The behaviour of the child changes significantly
 The child has suspicious injuries that cannot be satisfactorily explained.
 The harm is witnessed
What to do if a child makes a disclosure
 Find a private area where you can talk privately with the child
 Listen to what they have to say.
 Believe what they say
 Comfort the child and let them know that it is NOT their fault.
 Tell them they have done the right thing by telling someone what has happened.
 Do not tell the child that you will keep it a secret for them – but let them know that they will
be protected from harm.
 Use open ended questions and do not try to lead the child’s answers.
 Only ask for enough information to find out whether there is a suspicion of risk – do not pry
into the details of the abuse as this could cause stress to the child and could cause problems
during any court process.
 Tell the child that you will need to talk to someone else (supervisor) so that the child can be
helped.
 Support the child to make decisions about their own safety.
 Take notes if you need to.
 Write a report detailing all information.
 Report to your supervisor immediately.
What is abuse and how is it recognised?
Abuse may be:
 Physical
 Sexual
 Emotional
 Neglect
Descriptions of the nature and indicators of each type of abuse can be found on the Victorian
Department of Human Services and Health website at
 http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/for-individuals/children,-families-and-young-people/child-
CHCPRT001 _AW V2  Copyright 4Life Pty Ltd Page 17 of 27

protection/about-child-abuse/what-is-child-abuse. And
 http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/for-individuals/children,-families-and-young-people/child-
protection/about-child-abuse/what-is-child-abuse/how-can-abuse-and-neglect-be-recognised
CASE STUDY 3: (NSW) SIMULATED CASE STUDY – POPPY
It is 8:45am and Hilla, a Trainee, is changing Poppy’s nappy. Poppy (15 months) is quite big for her
age but tends to be rather clumsy. She often falls over as she prefers to run rather than walk!
Poppy doesn’t like to have her nappy changed and tends to squirm around on the change table
making change time a real challenge!
Hilla is concerned when she sees that Poppy has what looks like four finger print bruises on the
back of her upper thighs and a single small circular bruise, bluish in colour, on the front of each
thigh. The largest bruise is about the size of a 5 cent piece. The other bruises are smaller in size.
On closer examination Hilla also finds that Poppy has what looks like similar older finger print
bruising on the inside of her upper arms which is yellowish in colour.
Poppy’s mother has not been well for quite some time and the family are struggling financially
because Poppy’s father was made redundant and has been unable to find work. There are two
older brothers in the family. On reflection Hilla has noticed that both Mum and Dad have been
rather tense and quite abrupt with Poppy. Yesterday Poppy was crying when she arrived with Dad.
He commented that Poppy was ‘Being a pain’.
Hilla finds it hard to think that the injuries to Poppy were made by her parents. Hilla knows that Mum
and Dad adore Poppy. Perhaps Poppy bumped herself? After all, she is rather clumsy
a) With reference to the Blue Bay Model Child Protection Policy, Appendix 1 what should Hilla
do if she has some concerns or suspects risk of significant harm?
Hilla should report about the suspected risk of harm to the supervisors and talk with the parents of
Poppy about the negligent behaviour that they show towards Poppy and the finger marks and
bruises that are inflicted on Poppy’s arms and thighs.
CHCPRT001 _AW V2  Copyright 4Life Pty Ltd Page 18 of 27

b) Assume the role of Hilla and follow the Blue Bay Model Child Protection Policy
documentation requirements and record her concerns about Poppy.
Hilla being the staff member has a reasonable belief that Poppy is subject to abuse or neglect and
hence, she made a report that contains the following information:
– name, address and date of birth of Poppy
– Reasons for concern
– Family conditions
– Record of the observations made by Hilla. For example, bruising, finger prints, reaction of
poppy’s parents
– Record of conversation of disclosure; Hilla asked Poppy’s father about Poppy’s condition when
she was crying while arriving to the centre; he said she was in pain;
– Assessment of risk of harm applicable to Poppy in present;
– Current location of Poppy
– Information of any previous history of abuse
– Any other relevant information
However, Hilla must write the report without being judgmental and the report must include facts
and should be professionally written. This report may be later used for court proceedings, if any
legal action is brought in respect of this matter.
CHCPRT001 _AW V2  Copyright 4Life Pty Ltd Page 19 of 27

Question 2
Using the information in the scenario, complete the ‘NSW Online Mandatory Reporting Guide’
process to determine if a report for suspected risk of significant harm is required.
To complete this online task, go to the Keep Them Safe Website, and follow the directions
indicated below.
NSW Keep Them Safe: NSW Online Mandatory Reporting Guide
1. Follow the link http://www.keepthemsafe.nsw.gov.au/ to the online mandatory reporting
guide.
2. Select the decision tree that most closely matches the concern(s) you have.
3. Using the information from the scenario, complete the mandatory reporting guide
4. Generate the final decision report and use this information to answer the questions below
a) What was the final decision?
The final decision was to report to the Child Protection helpline on number 132 111. In case the
child/ the young person is in immediate danger, to call on helpline number ‘000’.
b) What are you instructed to do next?
CHCPRT001 _AW V2  Copyright 4Life Pty Ltd Page 20 of 27

I have been instructed to report to child protection helpline and to include the details while calling on
the helpline number:
 Name , address, D.O.B, siblings of the Poppy
 Incident details: date, type of risk, person responsible for the harm;
 Impact of the incident on Poppy
 Network of support surrounding the young person
 Personal contact of Hilla
PART C PROJECT REPORT OF SUSPECTED ABUSE
TASK SUMMARY:
You are required to write a report detailing the facts relating to suspected abuse of Justin Case Study 1.
WHAT DO I NEED IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THIS ASSESSMENT?
 Access to textbooks and other learning materials.
 Template (provided)
 Child protection policy (refer to the Child Protection policy provided in Assessment Task 2).
INSTRUCTIONS:
Write a full and detailed report using the template provided.
The report must:
 Be an accurate account of disclosures by Justin, previous history of the situation and observations that have been
made.
 Include all the information as specified in the Child Protection policy.
 Be professionally written so that it could be used to provide information to child protection, the police, and the
court process.
 Be written in a non-judgmental manner.
CHCPRT001 _AW V2  Copyright 4Life Pty Ltd Page 21 of 27

CHCPRT001 _AW V2  Copyright 4Life Pty Ltd Page 22 of 27

REPORT OF SUSPECTED CHILD ABUSE
Child’s name: Justin Marks
Date of birth: 01/04/2012 (Age 4)
Address: 23 The Avenue, HAPPYVILLE, VIC, 3222
Reasons for concern: Justin seemed quiet and withdrawn on the return of his mother’s boyfriend, Paul. Justin
did not want to return home as he was scared Paul would become violent towards him.
Paul had a habit of drinking and had a previous history of being violent with Justin
against which an intervention order was put on him before he left the town.
What are the family
circumstances?
Paul is Justin mother’s boyfriend who had abused Justin some time ago and the child
protection agency had to interfere in the matter.
An intervention order was made against him and he left the town. Justin was lead a
normal life and until Paul was back. He was scared, quiet and withdrawn.
In fact, he was crying and did not want to return home.
His mother stated that Paul had quit his drinking habit and is here for a new job and
has no place to go. She further assured that Paul promises to be nice with him else she
would not let him stay.
CHCPRT001 _AW V2  Copyright 4Life Pty Ltd Page 23 of 27

REPORT OF SUSPECTED CHILD ABUSE
Record of staff member
observations.
 Justin is four years old and was behaving normally until a week ago;
 He seemed quiet and withdrawn;
 He did not like Paul , her mother’s boyfriend;
 Paul had a drinking habit;
 Paul had been violent with Justin before;
 Justin did not want to go back home;
 Justin started crying while his mother came to pick him up as he did not want
to go home as Paul was at home;
Record of conversation of
disclosure
The fact the Justin seemed quiet and withdrawn for a week after Paul was back, was
disclosed to his mother. It was further disclosed to his mother that there is a
reasonable suspicion of risks as Paul had a history of abusing and exhibiting Violent
behaviour towards Justin.
His mother disclosed that Paul is here for a job and has no place to stay for the time
being and would leave within a week. She further assured that he has quit drinking and
promise to behave nicely with Justin. She said that if Paul would not be nice to Justin,
she would not let him stay in her place.
Justin’s mother said that she does not want the matter to be disclosed as it is her
personal matter and would like keep it confidential.
CHCPRT001 _AW V2  Copyright 4Life Pty Ltd Page 24 of 27

REPORT OF SUSPECTED CHILD ABUSE
Assessment of risk of harm to
child now.
Paul is living in the same house with Justin and they had a previous history of Paul
acting violently with him and have abused him. Paul exhibited such violent conducts
that the child protection agency involved into the matter and an intervention order was
passed against him.
There are chances that Paul would further abuse Justin as Justin seemed to be quiet
and withdrawn since Paul had come back.
Current location At the child care service – due to be picked up at 4pm this afternoon.
Information of any known
history of abuse.
There is a history of abuse some time ago when Paul was violent with him and the child
protection agency was involved in the conduct.
An intervention order was passed against Paul and he left town.
Other relevant information (if
applicable)
Justin did not want to respond to any questions except that he was okay which
demonstrates his fear of Paul.
CHCPRT001 _AW V2  Copyright 4Life Pty Ltd Page 25 of 27

REPORT OF SUSPECTED CHILD ABUSE
Name of person recording
information
Steff Price
Signature: ******
Date: (Make an estimate of when this information should be recorded – Date of Justin’s
disclosure and report to supervisor (Ian) was morning of 4th April 2016.)
This information should be recorded immediately at the time of disclosure and reported
to the Supervisor immediately. Since the disclosure was made on 4 April 2016.
CHCPRT001 _AW V2  Copyright 4Life Pty Ltd Page 26 of 27