go where? none of the above have any specific legal requirement to report safeguarding issues other than doctor and nurse.
Try reading the 2004 (or 2008 amendments) children's act, rather than 'advice', as to who has legal responsibility for child and adult safeguarding.
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There is no Legal requirement, merely a professional one. And an employment one as each hospital, school etc must have a reporting policy.
It is not a criminal offence to fail to report, but a civil infraction of administrative law:
"In England, government guidance Working together to safeguard children (DCSF, 2010) states that “Everybody who works or has contact with children, parents and other adults in contact with children should be able to recognise, and know how to act upon, evidence that a child’s health or development is or may be being impaired – especially when they are suffering, or likely to suffer, significant harm.”(Para 5.8).
Para 5.12 goes on to say that “All staff members who have or become aware of concerns about the safety or welfare of a child or children should know:
who to contact in what circumstances, and how; and
when and how to make a referral to local authority children’s social care services or the police.”
If there are any child welfare concerns “relevant information about the child and family should be discussed with a manager, or a named or designated health professional or a designated member of staff depending on the organisational setting."(Para 5.13).2
The guidance makes clear reference to the duty to act on any child welfare concerns in para 5.18: “If somebody believes or suspects that a child may be suffering, or is likely to suffer, significant harm then s/he should always refer his or her concerns to the local authority children’s social care services. In addition to social care, the police and the NSPCC have powers to intervene in these circumstances.”
http://www.nspcc.org.uk/inform/research/questions/reporting_child_abuse_wda74908.htmlIf, as you claim, you work with child protection, you are in need of a course on the Law.
I do know as I used to be a level two trainer in the 90s.
