Stands for
MR — Legal or professional duty to refer concerns about a child's safety to statutory authorities.
How it works in KallosSim
- In practice language — Legal or professional duty to refer concerns about a child's safety to statutory authorities.
- What it means — In England, certain categories of professional have a statutory duty to refer child protection concerns to the Local Authority or police under Working Together to Safeguard Children 2026. Teachers, social workers, health professionals, and police are among those with specific obligations. The duty to refer overrides professional confidentiality where there is a risk of significant harm. The Children's Wellbeing and Schools Act 2025 introduced a mandatory reporting duty for child abuse in education settings. For all other regulated professionals, statutory guidance and professional codes of conduct create effective obligations with regulatory consequences for non-compliance.
- In KallosSim — Cases and formative debriefs may reference this concept when your sector pack and card selections call for it.
Training only. Fictional AI-generated cases only — not legal advice, not live decision support, not a substitute for supervision.
What it is not
- A substitute for reading primary statute or your organisation’s procedures.
- Competence assessment, ASYE sign-off, or Bar / SRA / CIPD accreditation.
- Advice for a live family, employee, client, or court matter.