CERAP Exam Questions with Correct Answers

CERAP Exam Questions with Correct Answers 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