WDLT Employee Handbook

MANDATED REPORTER

Scope:

This policy applies to all employees, contractors, and interns of We Do Life…

Together (WDLT) who, through the course of their work, interact with Individuals

with disabilities or receive information concerning possible abuse or neglect.

Policy and Policy Definitions:

This policy outlines the responsibility of all employees, contractors, and interns of

WDLT to report suspected abuse or neglect of Individuals with disabilities, in

compliance with the Connecticut Department of Developmental Services (DDS)

Abuse and Neglect Policy and Connecticut State law.

To ensure clarity, the following terms are defined:

• Abuse: The willful infliction by a caregiver of physical pain or injury, or the

willful deprivation of services necessary to the physical safety of an Individual.

• Financial Exploitation: The theft or misappropriation of property and/or

monetary resources which are intended to be used for or by an Individual.

• Mandated Reporter: Any employee, contractor, or intern who has interactions

with vulnerable Individuals and is legally required to report suspected abuse or

neglect.

• Neglect: The failure by a caregiver, through action or inaction, to provide an

Individual with the services necessary to maintain his or her physical and mental

health and safety, including incidents of inappropriate or unwanted Individual to

Individual sexual contact. Neglect is also a situation in which an Individual lives

alone and is not able to provide for him/herself the services which are necessary to

maintain his physical, mental health or safety.

• Programmatic Neglect: Failure to provide oversight in developing or

implementing an Individual’s program, and/or ensuring staff training which

ensures an Individual’s wellbeing and safety.

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