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
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