risk assessment

Risk assessments are often used by child welfare service providers to predict and evaluate the risks present in a family, in particular to determine the risk of future maltreatment and necessary interventions.

Title	Year of Publication
Journal article The more we change the more we stay the same: Canadian child welfare systems’ response to child well-being	2023
Information Sheet Hospital Referrals for Child Maltreatment-Related Concerns to the Ontario Child Welfare System in 2018	2020
Information Sheet Child Maltreatment-Related Investigations Involving Infants in Ontario in 2018	2020
Journal article Substantiated child maltreatment: Which factors do workers focus on when making this critical decision?	2018
Journal article Correlates of admitted sexual interest in children among individuals convicted of child pornography offenses	2017
Journal article Predicting chronic neglect: Understanding risk and protective factors for CPS‐involved families	2017
Information Sheet A Profile of Risk Investigations Transferred to Ongoing Services by Child Age in Ontario in 2013	2016
Report The Structured Decision Making System for Child Protection Services: The Policy and Procedures Manual: Saskatchewan	2015
Journal article Doing the right thing? (Re) Considering risk assessment and safety planning in child protection work with domestic violence cases	2014
Report Family Violence Risk Assessment and Safety Planning by Child Intervention Staff: An Environmental Scan	2012