Information shall be shared and reviewed by the Task Force's Board of Directors. The plan must be submitted in writing and approved by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall have the authority to organize itself and adopt bylaws and to appoint, assign, and elect members and leaders, and shall determine the voting rights of its members.
The Board of Directors shall determine all major policies and establish all necessary principles and procedures of the Task Force. Also included are FAQ's, required reporting forms and additional resources. This in-depth module provides the following:. This in-depth module provides the following: Comprehensive information on how to recognize abuse and neglect, and what to do if you suspect abuse. Under the law, all "personnel of institutions of higher education" are mandated reporters and must immediately report any instance where there is reasonable cause to believe that a child known to them in their official capacity may be abused or neglected.
This means that all University faculty, other academic appointees, postdoctoral researchers, staff, student employees, and volunteers, regardless of rank or compensation status, are mandated reporters.
Consistent with the law, the University thus requires all University faculty, other academic appointees, postdoctoral researchers, staff, student employees, and volunteers to immediately report to IDCFS if they have reasonable cause to believe a child known to them in their official capacity may be abused or neglected. In addition, the University encourages any person who is not a mandated reporter to report abuse to IDCFS if they have reasonable suspicion that a child has been abused or neglected.
Failure by a mandated reporter to immediately report suspected instances of child abuse or neglect to IDCFS constitutes a Class A misdemeanor. Moreover, reporting suspicions to any other person but not IDCFS — does not satisfy the legal duty to report. The only means of fulfilling one's legal obligation and avoiding legal penalty is to report the suspected child abuse or neglect to IDCFS. Employees represented by a bargaining unit may be governed by the appropriate bargaining unit agreement.
Every University faculty, other academic appointee, postdoctoral researcher, staff, student employee, and volunteer who has a reasonable basis to believe a child known in their official capacity has been abused or neglected must immediately call the IDCFS Hotline at 1. This hotline is staffed 24 hours a day, days a year.
Prior to the call if time permits or thereafter, University faculty, other academic appointees, postdoctoral researchers, staff, student employees, and volunteers who make such a report must promptly notify the head of their academic unit — mentor, section chief, department chair, director, dean, vice president, or provost, in the alternative, immediate supervisor or, the unit's Human Resource Partner HRP or Human Resources that a report has been made, as well as the underlying circumstances that compelled the report.
If a child is in imminent danger, the University faculty, other academic appointee, postdoctoral researcher, staff, student employee, or volunteer should seek immediate protection for the child by calling the University of Chicago Police Department at The University faculty, other academic appointee, postdoctoral researcher, staff, student employee, or volunteer should also notify the Youth Program Coordinator, Kenyatta Tatum Futterman of the report Effective January 1, , as a condition of appointment, all University faculty, academic appointees, postdoctoral researchers, staff, and student employees are required by law to complete mandated reporter training within three months of hire as a mandated reporter.
All university employees must complete training for mandated reporters every three years. The training is required to be in-person or web-based, and must include, at least, information on the following topics: i indicators for recognizing child abuse and child neglect, as defined under ANCRA; ii the process for reporting suspected child abuse and child neglect under ANCRA and the required documentation; iii responding to a child in a trauma-informed manner; and iv understanding the response of child protective services and the role of the reporter after a call has been made.
A University faculty, other academic appointee, postdoctoral researcher, staff, student employee, or volunteer who knowingly fails to report a case of suspected child abuse or neglect to IDCFS if they have reasonable cause to believe that a child known to them in their official capacity may be abused or neglected may be disciplined up to and including termination of appointment, termination of employment, and termination of volunteer status.
Illinois law protects the identity of all mandated reporters and gives them immunity from liability as a result of good faith reports. However, any mandated reporter who fails to report an instance of child abuse or neglect commits a crime and may be prosecuted.
More importantly, failing to report child abuse or neglect means that a child may continue to be abused or neglected. The Illinois Rules of Professional Responsibility Rules are applicable to University faculty, other academic appointees, postdoctoral researchers, staff and students who practice law as part of their job or academic responsibilities.
Those professionals may disclose client confidences only as permitted or required by the Rules. All University faculty, other academic appointees, postdoctoral researchers, staff, student employees, and volunteers are strongly encouraged to review additional on-line educational materials provided by IDCFS regarding mandated reporter obligations.
This policy explains in full the screening, training and conduct requirements for faculty, other academic appointees, postdoctoral researchers, staff, student employees, and volunteers and others who staff University programs that serve children. Review the policy and review answers to commonly asked questions.
Since , Illinois state law has required certain categories of public and private sector workers to immediately report suspected child abuse or neglect to the state.
Historically, "mandated reporters" under the law have been professionals e. Some University of Chicago employees thus long have been mandated reporters under the law. In late June , the law was amended to expand the definition of mandated reporters to expressly include "all personnel of institutions of higher education. This law means that all University faculty, other academic appointees, postdoctoral researchers, staff, student employees, and volunteers now must immediately report any instance where there is reasonable cause to believe that a child known to them in their official capacity is being abused or neglected.
Additionally, every new University faculty, other academic appointee, postdoctoral researcher, staff, student employee, and volunteer now must execute at the time of hire an "acknowledgement of mandated reporter status" form as prescribed by the state. What follows are answers to frequently asked questions that are designed for University faculty, other academic appointees, postdoctoral researchers, staff, student employees, and volunteers to understand the nature of their obligations to report child abuse and neglect.
In addition, at the end of the FAQs are links to resources designed to foster awareness of the responsibilities associated with mandated reporter status under the law. The hotline is staffed 24 hours a day, days a year.
All University personnel are mandated reporters, including but not limited to all University faculty, other academic appointees, postdoctoral researchers, staff, student employees, and volunteers. The threshold for reporting is when a mandated reporter has reasonable cause to believe that abuse or neglect is occurring to a child known to him or her in their official capacity. ANCRA does not define the term, and although there is no precise, universally accepted definition, reasonable cause under ANCRA generally exists when the known facts and rational inferences that may be drawn from those facts would cause a reasonable person to conclude that a child is being abused or neglected.
An "abused child" includes but is not limited to a child whose parent or immediate family member, or any person responsible for the child's welfare, or any individual residing in the same home as the child, or a paramour of the child's parent:.
Neglect occurs when a person responsible for the child deprives or fails to provide the child with adequate food, clothing, shelter, or needed medical treatment.
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