CERAP EXAM 2024 ACTUAL EXAM 130 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES|AGRADE
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Child Endangerment Risk Assessment Protocol (CERAP) - ANSWER-"Life-of-the case" protocol designed to provide workers with a mechanism for quickly assessing the potential for moderate to severe harm immediately or in the near future and for taking quick action to protect children
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CERAP EXAM 2024 ACTUAL EXAM 130 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES|AGRADE
Child Endangerment Risk Assessment Protocol (CERAP) - ANSWER-"Life-of-the case" protocol designed
to provide workers with a mechanism for quickly assessing the potential for moderate to severe harm
immediately or in the near future and for taking quick action to protect children
CERAP is a assessment only - ANSWER-Familial
Any child safety threats identified in CERAP must. ... - ANSWER-Be incorporated into the SACWIS Family
Service Plan
Severity of the Behavior/Condition - ANSWER-The likely degree of harm involved children are subjected
to by a behavior/condition that is the responsibility of a caregiver. This degree of harm can range from
low to moderate to severe
Moderate to Severe Harm - ANSWER-A serious threat of danger to a child's life or health, impairment to
his or her physical or mental well-being, or disfigurement
Immediately or in the Near Future - ANSWER-An incident can occur now or in the very near future I.e.,
before the next time department or contracted child welfare staff see a child, if no protective action is
taken to ensure the child's safety
Risk - ANSWER-The likelihood of any degree of longer-term future harm/maltreatment (low to severe
degree of harm)
-It does not predict when the future harm might occur, but rather the likelihood of it happening at all
Risk and Safety are.... - ANSWER-Interchangeable and both can change very quickly
Is Risk a subset of Safety or is Safety a subset of Risk - ANSWER-Safety is a subset of Risk
,Similarities between Safety and Risk - ANSWER--Both concerned with future harm
-Both relate to conditions of: Home environment & Caretaker, family member, or paramour behavior
-Both can change quickly
-Both can be controlled
Caretaker - ANSWER-Anyone who impacts the child's safety in the home
Child Vulnerability - ANSWER-Any characteristic, condition, or behavior affecting a child that
substantially increases the child's susceptibility to the dangerous behavior of a caregiver or a dangerous
condition within the home
History - ANSWER-Any known or credibly alleged previous or on-going examples of an identified
dangerous behavior/condition for which a caregiver is responsible
Mitigation - ANSWER-Family strengths or action taken by the caregivers on their own initiative that
keeps children safe from identified safety threats
Paramour - ANSWER-A current ex-boyfriend or girlfriend who has been or may be or is in a care-taking
role.
-The paramour may or may not be residing within the family unit
-Paramour involved families may be identified at the time of intake, during a child abuse or neglect
investigation or anytime during the life of an open service case
-A putative father would fall under the definition of paramour
Prevention Services - ANSWER-Non-investigatory services directed to preserving families where children
remain in their home without a threat to their safety.
-Prevention services can take the form of providing families with neighborhood/community linkages and
advocacy services on a voluntary/self-referral basis
-They may also include, but are not limited to, court ordered services such as assessments and visitation
orders from Marriage and Dissolution court
, Safe - ANSWER-After considering all reasonably available information/evidence concerning the presence
of each of the 16 potential safety threats, and taking into account the vulnerability of the child, and
considering the caregiver(s)'s displayed ability/action to mitigate any identified threats, it is determined
that a child in the household or in custodial care is not likely to be moderated or severely harmed
immediately or in the near future
Safety Plan - ANSWER-Voluntary, temporary, short-term plan designed to control serious and immediate
threats to children's safety as a result of an unsafe finding on the CERAP.
-Safety Plans can take a variety of forms and are developed with the input and voluntary consent of the
children's legal caregivers and other family members
-Safety plans are typically short term environmental manipulations to ensure child safety; they are not
interventions designed to change behaviors over the long term
When Are Safety Plans Not Completed - ANSWER-During investigations of foster homes, residential
facilities, schools or day care facilities
CFS 1441-A (Safety Plan) - ANSWER-Carbonized form intended to be completed by the investigator or
worker in the home with copies left with the primary caregiver and the person most responsible for
carrying out the safety plan, if different than the child's primary caregiver
Unsafe - ANSWER-After considering all reasonably available information/evidence concerning the
presence of each of the 16 potential safety threats, and taking into account the vulnerability of the child,
and considering the caregiver(s)'s displayed ability/action to mitigate any identified threats, it is
determined that a child in a household or in custodial care is likely to be moderately or severely harmed
immediately or in the near future.
In the Event A Child is Considered Unsafe, What Must Be Done? - ANSWER-A safety plan or protective
custody must be implemented by the worker completing the CERAP, and approved by the supervisor
Safety and Risk are Different In Two Ways: - ANSWER--Time Element
-Safety considered danger of harm now or in the very near future
-Risk considers a longer-term threat
-Potential Degree or Severity of Harm
-Safety is concerned with the potential for moderate to severe harm
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