CERAP Exam Questions And Answers 2023 With Complete Solution

This study source was downloaded by from CourseH on :37:52 GMT -05:00 CERAP Exam Questions And Answers 2023 With Complete Solution What are the three DCFS outcomes for children? - Correct Answer-Safety, well-being, and permanency. What are the seven deadly sins? - Correct Answer-1. Colic 2. Awakening at night 3. Separation anxiety 4. Normal exploratory behavior 5. Normal negativism 6. Normal poor appetite 7. Toilet training resistance Which of the deadly sins most commonly lead to fatal abuse? - Correct Answer-Colic and toilet training resistance. Definition of abuse - Correct Answer-Something that is being done TO the child. Definition of neglect - Correct Answer-Something that is NOT being done to the child that they need. Definition of cultural competence - Correct Answer-The totality of learned behaviors. When are the times you would complete a Home Safety Checklist? - Correct Answer-1. Within 30 days of case opening 2. Prior to a major change of life circumstance 3. Every 90 days during the life of the case 4. When a family with an open service case is the subject of subsequent child abuse or neglect investigation 5. Within 5 calendar days of a supervisory approved case closure conjunction with the final CERAP What does CERAP stand for? - Correct Answer-Child Endangerment Risk Assessment Protocol. What is the CERAP? - Correct Answer-A life of the case assessment designed to provide workers with a mechanism to quickly assessing the potential for moderate to severe harm immediately or in the near future and for taking quick action to protect children. This study source was downloaded by from CourseH on :37:52 GMT -05:00 What are the four steps to protecting children? - Correct Answer-1. Information gathering 2. Information analysis This study source was downloaded by from CourseH on :37:52 GMT -05:00 3. Drawings conclusions 4. Making decisions What are the contents of the protocol? - Correct Answer-1. Safety determination form (safety assessment) 2. Safety plan 3. Practice guidelines Define safety - Correct Answer-After you've considered vulnerability and 16 safety threats, it is determined that a child in a household or in custodial care is not likely to be moderately or severely harmed immediately or in the near future. Define moderate to severe harm - Correct Answer-Use DID (Death, impairment, or disfigurement). Danger to a child's life or health. Define unsafe - Correct Answer-After you've considered vulnerability and 16 safety threats, it is determined that a child in a household or in custodial care is likely to be moderately to severely harmed immediately or in the near future What would be the result of determining a child is unsafe? - Correct Answer-Either create a safety plan or have protective custody taken depending on the situation. Define immediately or in the near future - Correct Answer-Between now and the next time you see the family. Define risk - Correct Answer-The likelihood of any degree of longer term future harm/maltreatment, it does not predict when the future harm might occur, but rather the likelihood of it happening at all. What is a subset of risk? - Correct Answer-Safety. All threats applied to safety are going to apply to risk, but all threats applied to risk will not apply to safety. What makes a family always have risk? - Correct Answer-DCFS involvement. Is safety or risk referring to possible harm now or in the very near future? - Correct Answer-Safety. Is safety or risk referring to possible harm in the longer-term? - Correct Answer-Risk. What is safety concerned with? - Correct Answer-The potential for moderate to severe harm. What is risk concerned with? - Correct Answer-The full range of severity of harm (low to severe). This study source was downloaded by from CourseH on :37:52 GMT -05:00 What would the intervention be if you were worried about safety? - Correct AnswerSafety controls the situation to prevent harm from occurring in the short term. What would the intervention be if you were worried about risk? - Correct Answer-Risk resolves or reduces the problems that lead to risk. When must safety be assessed? - Correct Answer-Quickly, often in one visit. When must risk be assessed? - Correct Answer-Over a longer period of time, allowing time to gather, assess, and evaluate information. When should I complete the CERAP? - Correct Answer-- Within 5 working days after initial case assignment and upon any an all subsequent transfers - Every 90 calendar days from the case opening date - Whenever evidence or circumstances suggest that a child's safety may be in jeopardy - Every 5 working days following the determination that any child is unsafe and a safety plan is implemented - Within 5 calendar days of a supervisory approved case closure What are the four steps to determining safety? - Correct Answer-1. Identify relevant safety threats 2. Describe the safety threat you checked 3. Record family strengths and mitigate circumstances 4. Make safety decision What four things should you consider when you are referring to the 16 safety threats? - Correct Answer-- Child vulnerability - Severity of behavior/condition - History - Safety threat identification Who is the CERAP intended for? - Correct Answer-It is a familial assessment only. What must any child safety threats identified through CERAP be incorporated into? - Correct Answer-The SACWIS Family Service Plan. Define mitigation - Correct Answer-Family strengths or action taken by caregivers on their own initiative that keeps children safe from identified safety threats When is a situation determined safe? - Correct Answer-If no safety threats are marked OR if safety threats can be mitigated. When is a situation determined unsafe? - Correct Answer-If safety threats marked cannot be addressed by family strengths or mitigated.