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Risk assessment : structured decision making Strathern, Brenda

By: Material type: ArticleArticleSeries: Social Work ReviewAnalytics: Show analyticsPublication details: 1995ISSN:
  • 0113-7662
Subject(s): In: Social Work Review 7(3) June 1995 : 2-5Summary: This article discusses risk assessment instruments in the practice of child protection work with a focus on informed decision making processes. Clinical judgment as a risk assessment method is briefly canvassed along with the perceived decline in efficiency in the standard of statutory social work in child protection. The signs and symptoms of abuse and risk indicators are critically discussed. Actuarial and consensus risk assessment, two major types of risk assessment, are explained along with their strengths and limitations. A more favourable risk assessment instrument, the Manitoba Risk Estimation System, is discussed in light of the limitations of the actuarial and consensus models.
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Social Work Review 7(3) June 1995 : 2-5

This article discusses risk assessment instruments in the practice of child protection work with a focus on informed decision making processes. Clinical judgment as a risk assessment method is briefly canvassed along with the perceived decline in efficiency in the standard of statutory social work in child protection. The signs and symptoms of abuse and risk indicators are critically discussed. Actuarial and consensus risk assessment, two major types of risk assessment, are explained along with their strengths and limitations. A more favourable risk assessment instrument, the Manitoba Risk Estimation System, is discussed in light of the limitations of the actuarial and consensus models.