Assessing Child Safety when Domestic Violence is Occurring Information must be gathered about the dynamics of the domestic violence to support a solid conclusion about child safety. This information must include much more than just a description of the incident that prompted our involvement. The Social Worker’s Practice Guide to Domestic Violence outlines how information about DV should be gathered and assessed, via the Specialized DV Assessment. The following chart shows where this information would appear within the gathering questions. Describe the Nature and Extent of the Describe the Circumstances that Accompany Maltreatment the Maltreatment Frequency and severity of the Pattern of behavior by the DV violence and of other behaviors perpetrator (tactics frequently related to the DV that impact child employed) maltreatment Degree of Isolation of adult victim Describe efforts typically made by the and/or child adult victim to protect the child, if Help seeking by the adult victim and – any, and their success its impact System involvement/responsiveness – and impact Available support or resources and – impact if currently utilized Describe how the child or children function Describe how the parent/caregiver on a daily basis disciplines the child Impacts on development Differentiate strategies used by the Signs of trauma DV perpetrator and the adult victim Resiliency Does the context of DV impact how Actions to stay safe the adult victim is able to discipline Opportunities for healing Describe overall parenting/childcare Describe how the parent/caregiver manages practices his or her own life on a basis Parent/Caregiver bond with child for Describe each adult separately both the adult victim and the DV Describe impacts of the DV on adult perpetrator victim’s ability to manage themselves Parent/Caregiver responsiveness to and their life for both adult victim and DV Describe protective factors of the perpetrator adult victim that help the adult victim Family routines and impact of DV cope positively – on them
Assessing Child Safety when Domestic Violence is Occurring Information must be gathered about the dynamics of the domestic violence to support a solid conclusion about child safety. This information must include much more than just a description of the incident that prompted our involvement. The Social Worker’s Practice Guide to Domestic Violence outlines how information about DV should be gathered and assessed, via the Specialized DV Assessment. The following chart shows where this information would appear within the gathering questions. Describe the Nature and Extent of the Maltreatment Frequency and severity of the violence and of other behaviors related to the DV that impact child maltreatment Describe efforts typically made by the adult victim to protect the child, if any, and their success Describe the Circumstances that Accompany the Maltreatment Pattern of behavior by the DV perpetrator (tactics frequently employed) Degree of Isolation of adult victim and/or child Help seeking by the adult victim – and its impact System involvement/responsiveness – and impact Available support or resources – and impact if currently utilized Describe how the child or children function on a daily basis Impacts on development Signs of trauma Resiliency Actions to stay safe Opportunities for healing Describe how the parent/caregiver disciplines the child Differentiate strategies used by the DV perpetrator and the adult victim Does the context of DV impact how the adult victim is able to discipline Describe overall parenting/childcare practices Parent/Caregiver bond with child for both the adult victim and the DV perpetrator Parent/Caregiver responsiveness to for both adult victim and DV perpetrator Family routines – and impact of DV on them Describe how the parent/caregiver manages his or her own life on a basis Describe each adult separately Describe impacts of the DV on adult victim’s ability to manage themselves and their life Describe protective factors of the adult victim that help the adult victim cope positively
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