Safety assessments

When a safety assessment happens

The caseworker will do a safety assessment each time there are changes that might impact your child’s experience of safety. For example, this could be if a new concern is raised about your child, or if someone moves in or leaves your home. They can also do a safety assessment to check whether any plans made are still keeping your child safe, or to check your child’s safety if DCJ plans to stop working with your family.

What happens after a safety assessment

A safety assessment will help decide if your child:

• is safe
• needs a plan to help them be safe
• is unsafe.

If your child is safe

If your child is safe, this means the assessment helped decide they are safe right now. The caseworker will still need to look at your child’s safety into the future. 

Learn more about future safety.

If your child needs a plan to help them be safe

If your child is not safe but quick changes could keep them safe in your care, together you and the caseworker will make a safety plan.

Find out more about safety plans.