Record a safety assessment
The safety assessment documents the evaluation of safety factors or signs of present danger, past history, child vulnerability, and family's protective capacities. It helps the agency determine the appropriate safety response. See About assessments for more information.
The safety assessment is required for all CPS intakes. You can edit a safety assessment record that is in "In Progress" status. You may complete a safety assessment at any point during the life cycle of a case.
Record a safety assessment as follows:
From the Home Workload screen, expand and select an Ongoing Case. The Case Overview screen appears.
Click Assessments in the link menu. The Assessments screen appears.
In the Filter Results by Assessment field, select Safety and click Filter. The existing safety assessments for the case appear in the results.
To add a new safety assessment, select Safety in the Assessment field and click Add Assessment. The Safety Assessment screen appears.
Click Link Investigation. The Available Investigations screen appears and displays the investigations that can be linked to this safety assessment.
Select the investigation record you want to link to this safety assessment. You can click an ID link to view details for an investigation before you select.
Click Save. You are returned to the Safety Assessment Details screen.
Enter the date of this assessment and select the assessment type.
Click Apply.
Complete other details for this assessment. You can complete the details on each tab as needed in any order.
See online help for these tasks: