CERAP Exam (2025) || Questions &
Answers (Graded A+)
Purpose of Intervention (Risk and Safety) - ANSWER - Safety: Control the situation to
prevent harm from occurring in the short term
Risk: Resolve or Reduce the problems that lead to the risk
How Must Safety Be Assessed? - ANSWER - Quickly - often in one visit
How Must Risk Be Assessed? - ANSWER - Over a longer period of time, allowing time
to gather, assess, and evaluate information
Who Is Included in the CERAP Safety Assessment - ANSWER - All alleged child victims
must be seen and, if verbal, interviewed out of the presence of the caregiver and
alleged perpetrator
When should I complete the CERAP? - 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? - 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? -
ANSWER - - Child vulnerability
- Severity of behavior/condition
- History
- Safety threat identification
Who is the CERAP intended for? - ANSWER - It is a familial assessment only.
What must any child safety threats identified through CERAP be incorporated into? -
ANSWER - The SACWIS Family Service Plan.
Define mitigation - 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? - ANSWER - If no safety threats are marked OR if
safety threats can be mitigated.
When is a situation determined unsafe? - ANSWER - If safety threats marked cannot be
addressed by family strengths or mitigated.
Marked SAFE - ANSWER - If no safety threats are marked or safety threats that are
marked can be mitigated
Marked UNSAFE - ANSWER - If safety threats marked cannot be addressed by family
strengths or mitigated
Safety Threats - ANSWER - Behaviors or conditions that may be associated with a child
or children being in danger of moderate to severe harm immediately or in the near
future
Safety Threat Assessment- Child Vulnerability - ANSWER - Each safety threat must be
considered from the perspective of the threat it poses for the particular children involved
-Some children are more vulnerable than others.
Factors that can influence a child's vulnerability - ANSWER - -Younger children who
lack good verbal skills, in particular, non-verbal children
-Children affected by developmental disabilities/deficits
-Children who have serious medical problems
-Children who exhibit psychological, emotional, or behavioral problems
Safety Threat Assessment- Severity of the Behavior/Condition - ANSWER - Severity of
a safety threat must be considered within the context of the other safety threat criteria
-Severity may refer to the degree or extent of an alleged maltreatment incident
-Severity is concerned with the degree of potential for harm given the behavior
Safety Threat Assessment- History - ANSWER - A safety threat must be considered in
the context of any known or alleged previous examples of safety threats
Once A Safety Threat Has Determined That A Child Is Not Safe, Identify...... - ANSWER
- -All children affected
-The caregiver(s) responsible for creating or allowing the safety threat
-The source of information identifying the safety threat
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
Answers (Graded A+)
Purpose of Intervention (Risk and Safety) - ANSWER - Safety: Control the situation to
prevent harm from occurring in the short term
Risk: Resolve or Reduce the problems that lead to the risk
How Must Safety Be Assessed? - ANSWER - Quickly - often in one visit
How Must Risk Be Assessed? - ANSWER - Over a longer period of time, allowing time
to gather, assess, and evaluate information
Who Is Included in the CERAP Safety Assessment - ANSWER - All alleged child victims
must be seen and, if verbal, interviewed out of the presence of the caregiver and
alleged perpetrator
When should I complete the CERAP? - 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? - 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? -
ANSWER - - Child vulnerability
- Severity of behavior/condition
- History
- Safety threat identification
Who is the CERAP intended for? - ANSWER - It is a familial assessment only.
What must any child safety threats identified through CERAP be incorporated into? -
ANSWER - The SACWIS Family Service Plan.
Define mitigation - 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? - ANSWER - If no safety threats are marked OR if
safety threats can be mitigated.
When is a situation determined unsafe? - ANSWER - If safety threats marked cannot be
addressed by family strengths or mitigated.
Marked SAFE - ANSWER - If no safety threats are marked or safety threats that are
marked can be mitigated
Marked UNSAFE - ANSWER - If safety threats marked cannot be addressed by family
strengths or mitigated
Safety Threats - ANSWER - Behaviors or conditions that may be associated with a child
or children being in danger of moderate to severe harm immediately or in the near
future
Safety Threat Assessment- Child Vulnerability - ANSWER - Each safety threat must be
considered from the perspective of the threat it poses for the particular children involved
-Some children are more vulnerable than others.
Factors that can influence a child's vulnerability - ANSWER - -Younger children who
lack good verbal skills, in particular, non-verbal children
-Children affected by developmental disabilities/deficits
-Children who have serious medical problems
-Children who exhibit psychological, emotional, or behavioral problems
Safety Threat Assessment- Severity of the Behavior/Condition - ANSWER - Severity of
a safety threat must be considered within the context of the other safety threat criteria
-Severity may refer to the degree or extent of an alleged maltreatment incident
-Severity is concerned with the degree of potential for harm given the behavior
Safety Threat Assessment- History - ANSWER - A safety threat must be considered in
the context of any known or alleged previous examples of safety threats
Once A Safety Threat Has Determined That A Child Is Not Safe, Identify...... - ANSWER
- -All children affected
-The caregiver(s) responsible for creating or allowing the safety threat
-The source of information identifying the safety threat
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
