132111 The Mandatory Reporter Number is now the same as the community number 132111. Mandatory reporters will know that in all previous training they were advised to use a specific number 132627 or 13DOCS. This has now been amended and regardless of you being a member of the community or a mandatory reporter the number to use is 132111.

Family and Community Services have introduced a new place where the Mandatory Reporter Guide (MRG) with the eRporting tool can be found. If you currently go to the Keep Them Safe site it will redirect you to reporter.childstory. The advantage of this new site is after you have completed the MRG the outcome if not 'Immediate Report' will allow you, if you choose, to click onto the eReporting tool to process your report straight to the helpline. The eReporting can be used when your concerns for risk of significant harm are not an 'Immediate Report' as decided by the Mandatory Reporter Guide on the Keep them Safe site. Click eReporting  to enter the site where an online course to learn how to use the system is available from FaCS. Remember it must not be used for urgent immediate reports.

BiM has also completed a short 15min You Tube video of how to use the new site and eReporting tool. We will be providing more updates on this and the new resources available on Child Story in the coming weeks.

Child Protection is something that we rarely talk about because its not a nice subject. Unfortunately we have far too many children who need us to talk about it and advocate for them. QA 2.2Safety-2.2.3 Child Protection- advises, all educators, staff members including relief staff and volunteers have had information provided to them in regards to the child protection policy and procedure in the service.