What to expect?
What to Expect
What is a Child Safety Decision-Making Model?
Child Safety Decision Making Model
Why are there 4 different types of assessments?
What is an assessment?
What are the steps of an assessment?
How can you implement assessment outcomes?
Implementing assessment outcomes
How do you close, appeal and review responses?
Closing a response
Appealing a Response
Reviewing a Response
Do you work for an organisation?
What are governance issues?
Do we care about people?
Do we really care about people?
Do we care about you?
Do we really care about you?
What are the principles behind response strategies?
Principles behind the Response Process
Do you want to keep learning?
Further education options

What is an assessment?

An assessment is a structured decision-making tool to assist you to make a decision on a specific topic. In simple terms, it is  like a check list to make sure that they you have considered certain issues as you make a decision.  

Why are there 4 different types of assessments?

There are different assessments because:

  • It provides for a focused attention on a specific aspect of a response.  Whether that is Safety needs, Misconduct or Impact of the community.
  • It allows each assessment to have its own process.  This is very important for a Misconduct Assessment as these processes are usually very structured due to workplace laws.  If one was to combine the processes of the assessment, it would increase the risk of breaching workplace law.

Do we need to conduct every type of assessment for each concern?

No.  While each Safety Concern, needs to have an Initial Assessment, not all Concerns will require further assessment.  Many Child Safety Concern responses can be determined through an Initial Assessment.