Total Credits: 6 including 6 Ethic CEs
Recent changes in the laws as well as current national and local discussions have resulted in confusion and licensing complaints regarding the mandated reporting of suspected child maltreatment, vulnerable adults, and imminent harm. This workshop will update participants on these changes in both criminal and civil laws concerning suspected maltreatment and harm. Content will address the complex legal, ethical, and therapeutic issues that arise when making required reports of suspected maltreatment, alternative response and investigative responses, confidentiality, and rights of clients. Content will also explore the complex issue of making reports when an adult discloses that they were maltreated as a child. Content will include COMAR 10.42.03 Code of Ethics and the laws governing mandated reporting.
Gisele Ferretto, MSW, LCSW-C has over 35 years of social work experience in both clinical and macro practice areas. Her areas of expertise include: policy, professional ethics, supervision and leadership, confidentiality, social work and field practicum education, child welfare practice, and curriculum development. Ms. Ferretto provides consultation and training for private and public agencies in her areas of expertise. She has served on a variety of committees and boards at the local, state, and national level developing policy and program initiatives.
Currently, Ms. Ferretto is on the Faculty at the University of Maryland School of Social Work (SSW). During her tenure at the SSW, she has held positions in the Office of Field Education, Title IV-E Education for Public Child Welfare Program, Child Welfare Academy, Family Connections Baltimore, and Social Work Community Outreach Service (SWCOS). Prior to her time at the SSW, she served as an administrator at the Maryland Department of Human Services in the following programs: Child Protective Services, Office of Equal Opportunity, and the Office of Staff Development and Training. Ms. Ferretto began her social work career as a Child Protective Services Worker at Baltimore City Department of Social Services.
AGENDA:
8:50 am Log on
9:00 am
Historical and Ethical Context of Mandated Reporting
Strategies for Minimizing Risk
Activity: Maltreatment Reflection
Professional Licensing Statutes and Regulations Regarding Ethics & Reporting
Identification of Ethical Issues Related to Reporting
Required Reports & Legal Duties of Professional Helpers
BREAK: 10:45 am to 11:00 am
Reporting Harm of Self or Others
Duty to Warn/ Duty of Care
Extreme Risk Prevention Protection Orders
Petition for Emergency Evaluation
Legal Definitions of Harm to Vulnerable Adults
Abuse
Exploitation
Neglect
Self-Neglect
LUNCH: 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
1:00 pm
Legal Definitions of Child Maltreatment
Child Physical Abuse
Child Sexual Abuse and Substantial Risk of Sexual Abuse
Child Neglect, including law concerning children left unattended
Child Mental Injury (Mental Injury Abuse and Mental Injury Neglect)
BREAK: 2:45 pm to 3:00 pm
3:00 pm
Reporting Suspected Child Maltreatment
Reporting Requirements (Who, When, How, Immunity)
Professional Sanctions for Failing to Report
Recent changes to reporting law
What Happens After a Report is Made
CPS Responses: Alternative Response or Investigative Response
Reporting When the Individual is No Longer a Child (Opinion of the Attorney General No.93-049)
Adjournment and Evaluations: 4:30 pm
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Upon the completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
Distinguish the elements and legal terms which define child physical abuse, child sexual abuse, child neglect, mental injury, substantial risk of sexual abuse, abuse, neglect, self-neglect or exploitation of a vulnerable adult, duty to warn, and imminent harm.
Apply ethical concepts and current statute when making reports concerning suspected child maltreatment, vulnerable adults, and imminent harm.
Learn reporting requirements, including reporting when the individual is no longer a child, and the elements of the investigative and alternative responses.
Evaluate their practice when faced with the ethical requirements of mandated reporters while establishing and maintaining therapeutic relationships and respecting cultural diversity.
BIBLIOGRAPHY & REFERENCES
Maryland Statutes reviewed: from Maryland General Assembly/ Related Links/LexisNexis https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/RelatedLinks
Family Law Article §5-704.1 (substantial risk of sexual abuse)
Family Law §5-704 (reporting child maltreatment)
Family Law §14-302 (reporting vulnerable adults)
Courts and Judicial Proceedings §5-609 ( Duty to Warn)
Public Safety § 5–601 through 5–610: (Extreme Risk Prevention Protective Orders)
Health-General § 10-622 (Petition for Emergency Evaluation)
Maryland Regulations reviewed from http://www.dsd.state.md.us/COMAR/ComarHome.html
COMAR 10.42.03 Code of Ethics Social Work BSWE
COMAR 07.02.07 Child Abuse and Neglect
COMAR 07.02.16 Adult Protective Services
Maryland Department of Human Services, Child Protective Services and Adult Protective Services: https://dhs.maryland.gov/
Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children &Families, Children’s Bureau, Child Welfare Information Gateway https://www.childwelfare.gov/
Allnock D, Kiff J (2023) 'Listening to children and young people's experiences of disclosing child sexual abuse: insights for the proposed mandatory reporting duty in England and Wales'. London: NSPCC.
Reamer, F. G. (2023). Risk management in the Behavioral Health Professions: A Practical Guide to preventing malpractice and licensing-board complaints. Columbia University Press.
Kristyn Kamke, Tara M. Mullin, Kimberly L. Goodman (2023) Barriers to Seeking Medical Care Among Youth Victims of Sexual Violence, Journal of Adolescent Health, ISSN 1054-139X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.06.034.
Dubowitz H, Barth RP. (2023) Seeking a Balanced View of Child Protective Services. JAMA Pediatr. 2023; 177(10):991–992. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.2578
Thomas, R., & Reeves, M. (2023) Mandatory Notification Laws. National Library of Medicine, StatPearls Publishing LLC.
Category I Maryland BSWE Requirement
The Office of Continuing Professional Education at the University Of Maryland School Of Social Work is authorized by the Board of Social Work Examiners in Maryland to sponsor social work continuing education programs. This workshop qualifies for {6} Category I Continuing Education Units for ethics. The Office of Continuing Professional Education is also authorized by the Maryland Board of Psychologists and the Maryland Board of Professional Counselors to sponsor Category A continuing professional education.
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Social Workers, LCPCs, and Psychologists
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