The Mandated Reporter Training platform has added two new training courses for mandatory reporters in Pennsylvania.
Approved Pennsylvania Child Abuse Recognition and Reporting Training
The Mandated Reporter Training platform now offers two Pennsylvania Child Abuse Recognition and Reporting training courses approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services.
- Pennsylvania Child Abuse Recognition and Reporting (3 hours) for new initial licensure. Learn more.
- Pennsylvania Child Abuse Recognition and Reporting (2 hours) for renewal licensure. Learn more.
What to Know About Mandated Reporter Training PA
Mandatory reporters in Pennsylvania can use the Mandated Reporter Training platform to satisfy their training requirements. Here is what you need to know if you are looking for approved mandated reporter training for Pennsylvania:
Is mandated reporter training required in Pennsylvania?
Act 31 of 2014 requires the health-related boards to complete 3 hours of approved Child Abuse Recognition and Reporting training for all persons applying to issue an initial license or certificate from any health-related boards.
Professional licensees who require training may include social workers, counselors, school officials, daycare center workers, dentists, medical professionals, and more.
These same individuals are required to complete 2 hours of approved Child Abuse Recognition and Reporting training to renew their licenses.
How long is mandated reporter training good for in Pennsylvania?
Act 31 of 2014 states that Child Abuse Recognition and Reporting must be renewed biannually (every two years) for licensees/ certificate holders.
Is mandated reporter training PA available online?
The Mandated Reporter Training platform provides approved Child Abuse Recognition and Reporting for mandated reporters in Pennsylvania. This course is online and on-demand, allowing mandated reporters to complete their training hours conveniently.
How long does PA Child Abuse Recognition and Reporting training take?
PA Child Abuse Recognition and Reporting training is available in a three-hour training for new licensure and a two-hour training for renewal licensure.
Can you earn CE credits for taking mandated reporter training in PA?
You can earn CE credits when you take Pennsylvania Child Abuse Recognition and Reporting training online at the Mandated Reporter Training platform.
These training courses have been approved for continuing education (CE) credits by PA Department of State Bureau Of Professional And Occupational Affairs for Continuing Education (CE) Credit for Professional Licensure or Certification.
Both our 2-hour and 3-hour courses for mandated reporters in Pennsylvania are approved. (PA CE provider number CACE000100)
Who are mandated reporters in Pennsylvania?
Mandated reporters are adults who typically come into contact with children as part of their employment or while volunteering or engaging in a child-serving program. In 2014, amendments to Pennsylvania’s Child Protective Services Law (CPSL) significantly changed the list of mandated reporters. As of December 31, 2014, the list of mandated reporters in Pennsylvania includes:
School employees. This includes anyone employed by the school or who provides a program, activity, or service sponsored by a school, such as youth camps/programs, recreational camps or programs, sports or athletic programs, outreach programs, enrichment programs, and a troop, club, or similar organization. It does not include school administrators or staff that do not come into contact with children.
Health and medical professionals. Anyone licensed or certified under the Department of State to practice in any health-related field, including medical examiner, coroner, or funeral director; any employee of a health care facility or provider licensed by the Department of Health who is engaged in the admission, examination, care, or treatment of individuals; and emergency medical services providers certified by the Department of Health.
Childcare: any employee of a childcare service who has direct contact with children in the course of employment. Any individual, paid or unpaid, who, on the basis of the individual’s role as an integral part of a regularly scheduled program, activity, or service, is responsible for the child’s welfare or has direct contact with children.
Clergy. Any clergy member, priest, rabbi, minister, Christian Science practitioner, religious healer, or spiritual leader of any regularly established church or other religious organization.
Mental health, social workers, and behavioral health professionals. An employee of a social services agency who has direct contact with children in the course of employment; a psychologist; an individual accredited or certified to provide behavioral health services; and an employee of a social services agency.
Law enforcement. A peace officer or law enforcement official, including the Attorney General, a district attorney, a PA state police officer, and a municipal police officer
Volunteers and additional mandated reporters. An employee of a public library who has direct contact with children in the course of employment; an independent contractor who provides a program, activity, or service to an agency, institution, organization, or other entity, including a school or regularly established religious organization, that is responsible for the care, supervision, guidance, or control of children (but does not include administrative or support personnel who do not have direct contact with children); an individual supervised or managed by a mandated reporter listed above who has direct contact with children in the course of employment; an attorney affiliated with an agency, institution, organization or other entity, including a school or regularly established religious organization that is responsible for the care, supervision, guidance or control of children; a foster parent; and an adult family member who is a person responsible for the child’s welfare and provides services to a child in a family living home, community home for individuals with an intellectual disability or host home for children which are subject to supervision or licensure by the department under Articles IX and X of the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Public Welfare Code.
Are permissive reports allowed in Pennsylvania?
Pennsylvania allows for permissive reporting. Permissive reporting is when a report is made by a concerned citizen who is not a legally designated mandated reporter required to report. Permissive reporters may take PA mandated reporter training to learn more about recognizing and reporting suspected child abuse.
Take PA Child Abuse Recognition and Reporting Training
Start an approved, online PA Child Abuse Recognition and Reporting training today at the Mandated Reporter Training platform.
