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Knowledge Check Survey – Structured Decision Making (SDM) Safety Assessment

1. Name:

2. County:

3. Role:

4. What decisions does the SDM safety assessment help inform? *This question is required.

5. What are the three possible outcomes of the SDM safety assessment? Select all that apply. *This question is required.

Safe
Safe with Plan
High Risk
Unsafe

6. When is the SDM safety assessment completed? Select all that apply. *This question is required.

At the time of the first face-to-face contact with the family and prior to allowing the child to remain in the household
When there are no children in the home
Not until the very end of investigative assessment period
At any point that safety issues are revealed during the investigative assessment

7. Which of the following is NOT one of the four values of SDM? *This question is required.

8. The child vulnerabilities section describes examples of when a child should be removed. *This question is required.

9. The safety assessment can only be completed once during an investigative assessment *This question is required.

10. The SDM safety assessment is a prompt for practice. It does not make the decisions for social workers, but it can help people make better decisions. *This question is required.

11. Who completes the safety assessment? Select all that apply *This question is required.

The social worker assigned to complete the assessment
The social worker who takes an initial call from a mandated reporter regarding allegations of abuse or neglect
If a child is found in one county and resides in another, the county where the child is found conducts the safety assessment and forwards the safety assessment to the county of residence
Anyone can complete the safety assessment

12. How do child vulnerabilities affect the safety indicators? *This question is required.

13. The safety agreement should (select all that apply): *This question is required.

Only be completed by the social worker and not include the family
Identify actions needed to be taken to keep the child safe
Indicate the specific situation of action that caused the child to be unsafe
Include a timeframe for completing the actions