Appendix 8 Completed following an Intervention meeting chaired by QAU.
To be returned to QAU within 3 days
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Department of Children and Family Services
Huyton Municipal Building
Archway Road
Huyton
Knowsley, Merseyside L36 9UX
Tel: 0151 443 3232 Fax: 0151 443 4782
http://www.knowsley.gov.uk/
RISK ASSESSMENT
Child Name:
Date of Birth:
Is this risk assessment being
completed alongside a single
assessment?
What is the status of the child(ren)
e.g. contact, referral, Child In Need,
CPP, CLA?
What documents have been used as
part of this assessment?
What tools or research has been
used or referenced as part of this
risk assessment?
Why am I doing this risk
assessment?
-
nature of the risk identified
triggering
the
stand
alone
document being initiated, e.g.
allegation or offence, pre birth
due to removal of previous
children, sex offender living in
the household, missing episodes,
substance
use,
challenging
behaviour.
-
historical risks identified
-
any additional risks identified as
part of information gathering or
by those contributing to the
assessment
-
circumstances impacting on the
risks,
environmental
issues,
physical issues, special needs,
-
distinguish between risks to
family, risk to individual child
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and carers
-
be specific
What do I know?
-
basic details relating to the child,
parent, carer, extended family
(DOB, name, check spelling,
current and previous address,
relationships, significant others)
-
family tree
-
historical information /
chronology
-
multi agency contributions agency historical information and
current involvement.
-
Professional views on impact of
risk to child / family/carers,
through direct observation or
involvement or specialist
professional view
-
Other agencies assessment / risk
assessments
-
child and family contributions,
wishes and feelings
-
social worker observations
-
understanding of subject matter
-
research available to inform
the assessment with regard to
risks or circumstances
identified
What is working well?
-
protective factors
-
strengths
-
parental capacity
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-
acceptance of risks
-
willingness to change
-
resilience factors
What is not working well?
-
current risks
-
historical risks
-
are there any patterns identified
-
causative
factors
–
alcohol, mental health
-
parental capacity
-
external factors
drugs,
What is the impact on the child?
-
identification of child’s needs
-
are there any needs which are
unmet
-
where is the child in terms of
development?
-
does the child have any special
needs?
-
actual observations of impact
-
potential impact if circumstances
do / do not change
What needs to happen?
-
goals or targets for the future
-
specific issues to change
-
where do we want to be in 3
month’s time? / 6 month’s time
-
how far off achieving these goals
are we?
-
frequency of reviews
Analysis
-
summary of information
-
link to assessment being
undertaken
-
risk of not achieving change
-
are there any services being
offered at this time?
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-
does the risk assessment
indicate that services are
required now, which are not
being offered?
-
recommendation
What level of risk is there at this
time?
-
grading of risk: low, medium or
high
-
evidence / reasons for grading
Risk Action Plan – including any
Immediate actions with person
responsible and time scales.
-
goal / targets identified
-
individuals identified to be part
of the action plan
-
timescales identified to achieve
change
Has the risk assessment identified
possible staff safety issues?
Risk Assessment Completed by:
Date Completed:
Team Manager Comments:
Date:
Head of Service Comments:
Date:
Names of all those contributing to the
assessment and date risk assessment
distributed to them.
Child’s Plan to be updated by (date):
Forum to review Risk Action Plan
CIN, CPP, CLA:
Date of Review:
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