Closure
This must be completed on all cases regardless if safe/unsafe and provides a summary of everything gathered during your investigation to support your closure findings.
What is the FFA
This must have at least one "No" in order for out of home safety planning to occur. (Hint: shelter)
What are the Safety Analysis questions
When a Immediate case needs to be commenced
What is within four (4) hours
Victim, child in home, adults, and then alleged perpetrator
What is the order interviews are to be completed
This is to guide consistent and accurate decision-making. The standards include a definition of each specific maltreatment, factors to consider in the assessment of each maltreatment, frequently correlated maltreatments, excluding factors and the specific documentation needed to verify a maltreatment.
What is the Child Maltreatment Index
This finding is used when a preponderance of the credible evidence results in a determination that the specific harm or threat of harm was the result of abuse, abandonment, or neglect.
What is Verified
This needs to occur if a child(ren) are marked unsafe but all Safety Questions are a "yes."
What is case transfer - in-home non judicial.
When child(ren) need to be seen on a new case.
What is as soon as possible but no later than 24 hours
This is best practice as part of every interview in order to gain trust, promote engagement, better understand family dynamics, and help with decision making
What is rapport building
This maltreatment refers to living conditions or situations that create a significant threat to a child’s immediate safety or longer term physical, mental or emotional health due to the actions or non-actions of the caregiver.
What is Environmental Hazards
This finding is used when there is credible evidence, which does not meet the standard of being a preponderance, to support that the specific harm was the result of abuse, abandonment, or neglect
What is Not Substaniated
This needs to be created at the onset of determining there is Present Danger.
What is a Safety Plan
When Present Danger Assessments are due
What is 48 hours from decision date/time
Law Enforcement is needed during these type of investigations
Anything that is possible criminal in nature or a safety risk to the CPI
This maltreatment requires two safety plans when there is an unsafe child(ren) and there are concerns for power and control
What is Intimate Partner Violence
This finding is used when there is no credible evidence to support the allegations of abuse, abandonment, or neglect.
What is No Indicator
This multi disciplinary staffing needs to occur when Present Danger exists and there is a possibility of sheltering.
What is DST - Decision Support Team
When a determination is needed to end date an initial present danger safety plan or consult as to why a safety plan is being extended
What is 14 days
These provide expert knowledge in certain areas of a case and can assist with safety planning
What are SME - Subject matter experts
This when is a caregiver willfully inflicts pain or injury to a child or their actin will likely inflict pain or injury
What is Physical Injury
This assessment serves the purpose of determining the level of risk associated with potential future maltreatment in a household.
What is the Risk Assessment
This needs to be discussed with a caregiver when a child is considered to be unsafe.
What is a Safety Plan
Cases cannot be open past this unless they meet the criteria set in CFOP
What is 60 days
This needs to be discussed with the caregiver at initial contact
What is Rights and Responsibility
This is when there is any sexual behavior by a child towards another child without consent
What is Child on Child