A case must be staffed with Children's Legal Services (CLS) if the investigator needs assistance in:
-a. Determining the findings of the maltreatment for the investigation
-b. Locating collaterals to assist in completing the Family Functioning Assessment
-c. Developing sufficiency to refer a case to non-judicial in-home services
-d. Determining if the evidence is gathered is sufficient to file a judicial case - (answer)d. Determining if
the evidence gathered is sufficient to file a judicial case
A child disclosed sexual abuse by her father and the father is still at the home, you must:
-a. Remove immediately
-b. Refer child to CPT
-c. Have the father arrested
-d. Add failure to protect as to the mother - (answer)a. remove immediately
A child health check-up must be completed within how many hours of removal
-a. 72 hours
-b. 24 hours
-c. 48 hours
-d. As soon as the appointment is made - (answer)a. 72 hours
A child who is being deprived of or is allowed to be deprived of necessary food, clothing, shelter, or
medical treatment may be a victim of:
-a. Harm
-b. Abandonment
-c. Neglect
-d. Abuse - (answer)c. Neglect
A good Present Danger plan - (answer)protects the child
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A legal right of the parent or guardian is:
-a. to have visitation with their children within 24 hours of removal
-b. To be notified of all legal proceedings
-c. For the child not to be removed if the parent offers another option
-d. Visit the child at his or her placement - (answer)b. To be notified of all legal proceedings
A negative family condition is always a danger threat
-a. true
-b. false - (answer)b. false
A parent or legal custodian who materially violates a condition of placement imposed by the court, is an
example of:
-a. Adjudication of dependency
-b. Grounds for removal
-c. Grounds for termination of Parental Rights
-d. Need for Services - (answer)b. grounds for removal
A parent who while being able, makes no provision for the child's support may be committing:
-a. Abandonment
-b. Harm
-c. Abuse
-d. Neglect - (answer)a. abandonment
A reporter's name cannot be released to which party?
-a. Law enforcement official
-b. Dependency judge
-c. Child Protection Team
-d. Children's Legal Services - (answer)b. dependency judge
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A written arrangement between caregivers and the agency that establishes how impending danger
threats to child safety will be managed is a:
-a. Living arrangement to ensure the less intrusive intervention
-b. Safety plan
-c. Case plan
-d. Commitment of the parent to cooperate with the agency - (answer)b. safety plan
A young couple has been reported for medical neglect of an infant. Which would be the least significant
factor in determining the safety of the child?
-a. The parents are struggling financially
-b. There are no local relatives
-c. Both parents work opposing shifts
-d. The child and the parents sleep in the same bedroom - (answer)d. The child and the parents sleep in
the same bedroom
Adjudicatory hearing determines - (answer)If the child has been abused, abandoned, or neglected
After completing the FFA; if the child status is Safe you can - (answer)close the case; refer family to
Diversion (community services) if necessary
All cases referred to case management will...
-a. require safety management
-b. be high or very high risk
-c. have a dependency petition field
-d. have a shelter petition field - (answer)a. require safety management
All of the following are special conditions cases except:
-a. Caregiver needs assistance
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-b. Institutional abuse
-c. Foster Care Referral
-d. Child-on-Child sexual abuse - (answer)b. institutional abuse
Allegations of inadequate supervision and drug exposed child: parents are selling drugs from the home
leaving the children exposed to strangers coming and going. The mother's paramour is a convicted child
molester. What is the biggest threat to the pre-school children?
-a. The mother keeps changing paramours
-b. The strangers coming to the house to buy drugs
-c. A convicted child molester with access to the children
-d. The drug infested neighborhood - (answer)c. A convicted child molester with access to the children
An example of a behavioral modification safety service for a safety plan is:
-a. Assistance for rent so family doesn't lose their home
-b. Social skills to increase socialization
-c. Parenting/discipline intervention in the home
-d. In-home Parenting Program - (answer)c. Parenting/discipline intervention in the home
An example of a safety management service is:
-a. Parenting classes
-b. Child Play Therapy
-c. After school care
-d. Life skills training
-e. None of the above - (answer)c. After school care
An example of how to reduce child trauma is:
-a. Keep the family intact when possible
-b. Keep child in the same school