Safety Assessment
Elements of Safety
Key Collateral
FSS Stage
Managerial Fun Facts
Bonus Points
100

There are currently 18 of these in the current safety assessment tool.  

What are safety factors?

100

These are the three key components CPS workers must assess when determining child safety.

What is the -

1. The threat of harm?

2. child vulnerability?

3. parents/caretaker protective capacity?

100

Inquiring about a child's has medical diagnosis, prognosis, and/or learning of developmental delays. 

What is the child's doctor?

100

This is a document (Initial, comprehensive and reassessment) is used to lay out a service plan for the family utilized by CPS, foster care and PPRS agency case planners. 

What is the FASP?

100

This CPM has 2 names.  

Who is Tavona Watts /Tavona TeeL?

200

While completing the 7-day SA, 2 or more safety factors were selected that identified Royal and Ben to be in immediate or impending danger, safety decision #3 was chosen. You must now complete this part of the SA to show mitigating circumstances keeping them safe. 

What are controlling the interventions/safety plan?

200

High, moderate, and low.

What are the ratings within the Elements of Safety?

200

Contacted at the onset of the case.  They provide insight to the ORT narrative.  

Who is the source of the report?

200

When a FSS stage is opened for a service referral and/or filing of an Article 10 for remand or court ordered supervision this must be completed within 72 hrs. 

What is the tracked children tab?

200

I went to the LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts and was in the movie Fame as a dancer. I did ballet from the age of 9 until I joined ACS. I performed in class with many known Black artist, who are still my friends to this day.

Who is Denise Gillyard?

300

One or more safety factors are present that place or may place the children in immediate or impending danger of serious harm, but the parent(s)/caretaker(s) has refused access to the children or fled or the child's children whereabout are unknown.  The safety decision is chosen when this occurs.

What is Safety Decision # 5 

300

A 1-year-old who relies completely on a parent/caretaker to ensure all of their needs are met. They are unable to fend for themselves or protect themselves to any degree.  They receive this rating of vulnerabilty.

What is a high vulnerability?

300

CPS should speak to as many as possible while visiting the case address.  He/she can provide insight regarding activity seen and/or heard in and around the home? Sometimes the information they provide is useful, sometimes it's not

What are neighbors?

300

This must be completed on all PPRS cases and all court ordered supervision cases. It must be done every 6 months, and you will receive this document to confirm its completion. (2-part question)

What is the candidacy packet?

What is the "OCFS" 4777?

300

I used work on Broadway at the Metropolitan Opera as a costume designer assistant when I was in college.

Who is Tiffany Turnbull?

400

Safety factor #2 was the only safety factor chosen during the approval of a 7-day safety assessment. An FTM was held and Ms. Avila agreed to services and treatment for her alcohol abuse. During a biweekly visit to the home 6-year-old Chloe was found home alone, scared, unkempt and hungry. She was removed.  This needs to be completed to reflect the new safety factors, safety decision and controlling intervention.

What is a safety modification?

400

When a parent/caretaker is doing everything to protect their child and mitigate the safety issues, they have supports and acknowledge stressors in the family, they receive the rating. 

What is high protective capacity?

400

This collateral is spoken to in order to gather information about a parent/caretaker or child(ren) who have a mental health diagnosis. Our MH consultant, an in-house resource, will usually ask about updates from this person.

Who is the therapist and/or psychiatrist?

400

There is already an active court case for a family under COS.  Christopher is now removed from his mother's care.  The FASP can't be launched because it is not due for another 3 months. Name 3 of the most important things to update the systems to reflect this change. 

What is the 

1. program choice and permanency planning goal

2. Plan amendment 

3. Updated 2921

400

I was born in Jamaica

Who is Hope Thompson?

500

Children has significant vulnerability is developmentally delayed, or medically fragile and the parent/caretakers is unable and/or unwilling to provide adequate care and/or protection of the children 

What is Safety Factor # 16?

500

The father and children reside in the home.  The mother who has MH issues, is not in treatment, often comes to the home extremely hostile, causing a scene and the police have to be called.  She ignores the current orders of protection.  The children are afraid, she has attacked them while leaving out of the residence unprovoked.

What is a "high" threat if harm? 

500

Useful to gather information, referrals, and CBO information when a child and/or parent/caregiver has cognitive/developmental/physical ailments. They participate in CSC's, FTM's and MDT's. 

What is the Developmental Disability Unit? 

500

Once a case is adequately processed and ready for transfer to SSO-Foster Care or FSU for COS. The CPS worker must now maintain this role on the FSS stage.  

What is the worker monitor role?

500

I have the best area.  We work the hardest

Who are all managers for zone A?

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