Safety Assessment
Based on your present assessment and review, the family has a prior history of abuse or maltreatment, and the parent/caretaker is unable/unwilling to protect the child.
What is Safety Factor # 1?
The threat of harm, child vulnerability, parents/caretaker protective capacity.
What are the Elements of Safety?
This collateral is spoken to when you need to find out if a child has medical and/or developmental delays.
What is the child's doctor?
This is considered by FCLS when attempting to file an Article ten neglect petition, and it is a family first case, and they are willing to engage in service.
What is safety alert #24?
This manager likes to dress to impress
Who is Vivene Simpson?
Parent/caretaker has a recent history of violence and/or is currently violent and out of control.
What is Safety Factor # 6?
High, moderate, and low.
What are the ratings within the Elements of Safety?
This is the collateral that is called at the onset of the case because they called it in and more information is needed.
Who is the source?
This is a reminder to all staff and service providers of the requirements for adequate and timely case recording and documentation of case information.
What is Safety Alert 5?
This manager loves Rasta Pasta?
Who is Rae Phillips?
Parent/caretaker is unable and/or unwilling to meet the children need for food, clothing, shelter, medical or mental health care and/or control child's behavior.
What is Safety Factor # 7?
These should be documented in supervisory reviews and EADGOs
What are the Elements of Safety?
This is a collateral that is spoken to while visiting the case address and they can provide more insight as to the "traffic" and noises heard from the home.
What are neighbors?
CPS should obtain medical information from the child’s caretaker(s) and pediatrician to assess whether or not the child is receiving adequate medical care. CPS workers must speak with the child’s pediatrician and the medical professionals at any and all medical institutions involved in treating the child’s injury.
What is Safety Alert #17?
This manager is a football fanatic.
Who is Sheyna Douglas?
Parent/caretaker views, describes or acts toward the children in predominantly negative terms and/or has extremely unrealistic expectations of the children.
What is safety factor #10?
When a parent/caretaker is doing everything to protect their child and mitigate the safety issues they receive the rating.
What is high rating?
This collateral is spoken to in order to gather information on a parent/caretaker or children have a mental health diagnosis.
Who is the therapist/psychiatrist?
This memorandum also applies to a newly discovered child of any age whose siblings are already in foster care. Since Children Services has already determined that it is unsafe for older sibling(s) to be in the home, there must be full safety and risk assessments to ensure the safety of the newborn and appropriate court action taken on behalf of the new child.
What is Safety Alert #14?
This manager was born in Trinidad
Who is Chrisida Bourne?
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?
When a parent/caretaker is intellectually impaired, is using drugs, and leaves young children unsupervised their protective capacity is this rating?
What is low rating?
This collateral is reached to in order to gather information, referrals, and CBO information when a child or parent/caregiver has Cerebral Palsy.
What is the Developmental Disability Unit?
The purpose of this Child Safety Alert is to remind staff of the importance of interviewing neighbors and apartment building superintendents in order to determine whether they may have useful information about the safety and wellbeing of children who are the subject of an abuse or maltreatment report.
What is safety alert #23?
This manager has a labrador heeler
Who is Stacey Melhado?