1. Field Assessments

2. Introduction

3. What we’re covering… 1. Understanding Field Assessments
2. The Assessment Pathway
3. Best Practice Tips and Tricks
4. Question Time

4. Burning questions

5. Understanding Field Assessments

6. Before we launch…

7. Launch your field assessment

8. Review Alternate Assessment Review Safety Assessment
Field assessments
Field Assessment
Review Assessment
PAC
CCRA
Visit family AC
Assessment Pathways
- - -
Review Alternate Assessment
Alternate
SARA
Safety Assessment
Review Safety Assessment
Risk Assessment
Risk Re-assessment
= If necessary
= Approval
J&O
= Record completed

9. Caseworker Assessment Parties Before you start
The ‘owner’ of the Field Assessment record
Next approver is up to date
Assessment Parties
Children or young people assessed = ‘Subject’
Parents/Carers = ‘Subject Related Participant’
Correct person role been selected?

10. The same person might be added multiple times
Assessment Parties
The same person might be added multiple times

11. Pre Assessment Consultation
Are there any worker safety issues? – Answering ‘yes’ will generate the CCRA
Who requires advice? – Prompt about which other people need to be informed of the assessment process

12. Assessment Consultation
Use this time with your manager to make sense of information, drawing together all the known information. Look for gaps and inconsistencies in the information while linking the information with professional experience, knowledge and theory. This is what should be documented in your AC

13. Launching Assessments

14. Hold up!
‘I already have an open field assessment, but a new ROSH report just came in. What do I do?’

15. The Pathway

16. Case study A ROSH report has been received about your family
FACS has received 12 previous reports for the family
FACS has worked with the family before
The current report indicates that the POI is the father
The father normally lives in the home with your child, but he recently moved out
Let’s discuss the Pathway!

17. SARA Exception Questions
Non-Household members
An alleged person causing harm or risk of harm who is not a member of the household.
JIRT Matters
b) JIRT Policy - Consensual peer sexual activity (RoSH or non-RoSH)
c) Historical abuse matter
Child/Young Person in OOHC (including Unaccompanied Humanitarian Minors)
d) Living semi independently
e) Self-placed in an unapproved placement
f) Self-placed with his/her parents - not part of an approved restoration plan
g) Residing in a intensive therapeutic care or youth homelessness service
h) Placed with an authorised carer
Interstate ward

18. SARA Exception Questions
A young person aged 16 or 17 years (including a young person previously in OOHC)
j) Living independently
k) Residing in a intensive therapeutic care or youth homelessness service
Allegations against FACS employees
l) RoSH and non-RoSH allegations arisen in the course of employment (NOT including Authorised Carers
m) Non-RoSH allegations NOT arising in the course of employment (child of a FACS employee)
Non RoSH reports
n) Family Law and/or Magellan matter
o) Domestic and Family Violence (specialist services)
Commonwealth Youth protocol
p) Commonwealth Youth Protocol

19. ‘ if the wrong assessment pathway was selected… what do I do?’
Hold Up!
‘ if the wrong assessment pathway was selected… what do I do?’

20. Best Practice Tips and Tricks

21. Getting back to the flow

22. Working in the flow
CSC defaults to Albury CSC
Pause button = Save
Don’t press F5!
‘Completed’ ≠ ‘Approved’
Generate your Summary before clicking Finish
Side note!
safety plan saved in safety assessment

23. Judgement and Outcomes
Multiple issues = multiple J&Os per assessed child
Approval from the Field Assessment
Not assessed J&O’s will roll over
Substantiated = additional questions
Use Description and Comments sections

24. Approvals Field Assessment owner correct?
Always submit for approval from the Field Assessment record
Cant launch the Risk Assessment until the PAC, AC, Safety assessment are approved
If rejected - work through the assessment flow again
All elements need to be completed and approved to ‘complete’ the Field Assessment record

25. Questions

26. Help and Support

27. Where to get help 1. Check Knowledge articles in ChildStory for QRG’S
2. How to videos ChildStory Youtube Channel
3. Staff Support Centre to log a request 
4. Webinars
For urgent enquiries please call ChildStory Support on
T Ext: (Internal)  (ChildStory Support)
T (External –CWU’s) (ChildStory Support)

28. Field Assessment QRG’s
QRG010 - Conduct a Pre Assessment Consultation
QRG011 - Conduct a CCRA
QRG012 – Conduct an Assessment Consultation
QRG013 - Add a party to an assessment
QRG014 - Field assessment pathway

29. Field Assessment QRG’s
QRG015 - Complete the Safety Assessment
QRG016 - Complete the Risk Assessment
QRG017 - Complete a Judgement and Outcome
QRG072 - Alternate Assessments
QRG073 - Review Assessments
QRG141 - Field Assessments