SCAN AM Team Referral Form
Abbreviations, definitions and formatting instructions
Abbreviations
Harm type
P
Physical harm
S
Sexual harm
E
Emotional harm
N
Neglect
ARP
At risk physical
ARS
At risk sexual
ARE
At risk emotional
ARN
At risk neglect
CALD
AAUS
Anglo-Australian
ASIAN
Asian
(Cultural and
Linguistic
Diversity)
ABOR
Australian Aboriginal
EURO
European
A&TSI
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
MEAS
Middle Eastern
TSI
Australian Torres Strait Islander
SOMA
Somali
SSI
Australian South Sea Islander
SUDA
Sudanese
PAPU
Papuan
AFRIC
African
MAOR
Maori
STHAM
South American (Country Unknown)
SAMO
Samoan
CNTAM
Central American (Country Unknown)
TONG
Tongan
NTHAM
North American (Country Unknown)
PI
Pacific Islander
OTHE
Other
CHIN
Chinese
UNKN
Unknown
VIET
Vietnamese
Definitions
A parent able and willing to protect the
child from harm
A parent able and willing to protect’ implies that the referring officer has information
that would demonstrate that at least one parent has the physical and emotional
ability to provide protection and also has the willingness to provide such protection.
Both elements must be evident.
Formatting instructions
To add an extra child table in
the ‘Child referred’ section or
person table in the ‘Other
relevant persons’ or ‘Alleged
maltreater’ sections
[You can copy and paste a blank
table or a table that already has text
entered in fields]
1.
Open the referral form in Microsoft Word
2.
Remove the protection on the form by clicking on the padlock symbol [ ] in the Forms
Tools.
3.
If you don’t have the Forms Tools in your toolbar click on the ‘View’ folder at the top of the
screen and select ‘Toolbars’. Click on ‘Forms’. This set of tools should appear in your
toolbar.
4.
Once you have removed the form’s protection, select the table that you wish to copy. You
can select a whole table by moving the curser to the top of the table. When your curser
changes to a thick black arrow [] please the left mouse key. The whole table should be
shaded black.
5.
To copy the table once it is selected, press Ctrl + c at the same time or press the copy
symbol in the toolbar.
6.
Move your curser to the place where you wish to locate the extra table.
7.
Paste the table in by pressing Ctrl + v at the same time or press the paste symbol in the
toolbar.
8.
If you have copied one table to create an additional child or person, ensure that you
change the label on the table eg from Child 2 to Child 4.
9.
Once you have finished copying and pasting, you will need to re-protect the form so that
all the automatic functions within some fields can work appropriately. To re-protect the
form, click on the padlock symbol [] in the Forms Tools.
10. Save the form by pressing Ctrl + s at the same time or press the save symbol in the
toolbar.
To delete an unused child
table in the ‘Child referred’
section or person table in the
‘Other relevant persons’ or
‘Alleged maltreater’ sections
1.
Open the referral form in Microsoft Word
2.
Remove the protection on the form by clicking on the padlock symbol [ ] in the Forms
Tools.
3.
If you don’t have the Forms Tools in your toolbar click on the ‘View’ folder at the top of the
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SCAN AM Team Referral Form
Abbreviations, definitions and formatting instructions
screen and select ‘Toolbars’.
toolbar.
Click on ‘Forms’. This set of tools should appear in your
4.
Once you have removed the form’s protection, select the table that you wish to delete.
You can select a whole table by moving the curser to the top of the table. When your
curser changes to a thick black arrow [] please the left mouse key. The whole table
should be shaded black.
5.
To delete the table once it is selected, click on the ‘Table’ folder at the top of your screen.
Select ‘Delete’ and then click on ‘Table’.
6.
Once you have finished deleting, you will need to re-protect the form so that all the
automatic functions within some fields can work appropriately. To re-protect the form,
click on the padlock symbol [] in the Forms Tools.
7.
Save the form by pressing Ctrl + s at the same time or press the save symbol in the
toolbar.
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