safeguarding briefing
How do proposals on mandatory reporting of abuse affect me?
Peter Wright
Content warning: this post contains information about responding to reports of harm and abuse which some readers may find triggering. Please take care when reading.
One year on from the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) the government has launched a consultation on proposals to deliver one of the Inquiry’s key recommendations: Mandatory reporting. But what does this mandatory reporting duty mean in practice for churches, who would it relate to, and what are some of the challenges to its implementation?