SIU - Strength and Risk/Safety Assessment

This screen displays the children and adults involved with the SIU Strength & Risk/Safety Assessment. The SIU assessment contains details the family environment details for an alleged child victim. The assessment also contains all the risk details and includes an overall risk assessment that indicates whether to pursue an investigation or take other action.

The Children and Adult tables indicate if hazards and language needs are associated with any of the participants, as follows:

Click Add Child to select an alleged child victim for the assessment. You can select more than one child in the same assessment.

Click Add Adult to select an alleged perpetrator. You can select more than one adult in the same assessment.

Click Approval to submit a complete assessment to the team leader for review. Once an SIU Strength & Risk/Safety Assessment has been approved, it can no longer be updated.

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Fields on this screen

Date of Assessment	Enter the date of the assessment.
Final strength & Risk/safety Assessment	Select this check box to indicate that this assessment is the final assessment ready to be submitted for approval.
Other	Select this check box to indicate other factors that may influence the assessment decision.
Children	Displays the children who are added to the assessment. Click Add Child to select a child as an alleged victim.
Adults	Displays the adults who are added to the assessment. Click Add Adult to select a person as an alleged perpetrator.
Family/Environmental Factors	Select the risk level for the factors related to the family and environment.
Service Provision Factors	Select the risk level for the factors related to the services provided by the Department.
Overall Risk Assessment	Select the overall risk based on the detailed risk factors for the children, adults, family, and services. You must select a value before you can submit the assessment for approval.
Comments	Enter additional information about the details and results of the assessment.