Reporting Laws and Requirements - VIC
What are Your Reporting Options?
Notes:
You have three options for reporting. You can report to:
- The Orange Door- Child and Family Information, Referral and Support Teams (Child First has been replaced by Orange Door - 2024)
- Department of Families, Fairness and Housing – Child Protection
- Police
Information:
Whether you are mandated or not – you can follow these same guidelines to ensure you meet duty of care and ethical obligations. The mandatory reporting requirements are the minimum reporting that you need to practice and in our next lesson we learn of the importance of reporting everything either internally or formally.
You have several options for reporting in Victoria. You can refer or report to The Orange Door- Child and Family Information, Referral and Support Teams, or you can report to the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing Child Protection service – or you can report to the Police.