What It Requires
The tool requires authoritative decision content before it can generate a valid automated disposition. Without that configuration, the decision content remains unresolved.
Mandatory Reporter Guide for Child Protection Reporting Decisions
Mandatory Reporter Guide (MRG) is a practitioner-only decision-support tool for practitioners who receive information suggesting a child may be at risk. It helps them work through configured harm, risk, vulnerability, and caregiver factors to identify a report/no-report, consultation, or support-pathway result with rationale and next action.
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Tool guide
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Use this background section to understand when the tool fits, how practitioners use it, and what to consider before sharing it with clients.
What It Records
The tool records entered facts, relevant factor responses, unknowns, decision path, final disposition where supported, next action, and rationale.
Relevant Limitations
The tool does not conduct an investigation, diagnose harm, or invent reporting thresholds. It is practitioner-only decision support.
Can the public demo produce a real report/no-report result?
No. A valid automated disposition requires authoritative MRG decision content and thresholds, which are not supplied in the demo specification.
Does a client or family complete this tool?
No. The MRG is a practitioner-only intake/reporting decision-support tool.
What happens when information is unknown?
Unknown information is marked explicitly and remains visible in the rationale and review state.
What is saved if I save the tool?
The MRG tool itself is saved, along with any selected authoritative configuration if available. Fictional demo concern details and sample responses are not saved as real client data.