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Assessing the Risks Presented by Parents

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2001

Ian Partridge ,
Geraldine Casswell  and
Greg Richardson
Ian Partridge
Affiliation:
Lime Trees, Child Adolescent and Family Unit, 31 Shipton Road, York YO30 5RF
Geraldine Casswell
Affiliation:
Lime Trees, Child Adolescent and Family Unit, 31 Shipton Road, York YO30 5RF
Greg Richardson
Affiliation:
Lime Trees, Child Adolescent and Family Unit, 31 Shipton Road, York YO30 5RF
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Abstract

The establishment, operation and theoretical basis of a multi-disciplinary, Tier 3, risk assessment team based in a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) is described. The work is based on the premise that a multi-disciplinary team, with a degree of statutory independence, assessing forensic issues within a systemic and developmental context, offers a useful contribution to the comprehensive assessment of risk and provides a valuable and valued service to statutory agencies and the courts. The team is used by Social Services Departments and the courts as an independent assessor of the risk parents and potential carers pose to children. An evaluation of 39 referrals, carried out over the last 3 years of operation of the parenting risk assessment team, is given.

Keywords

Parent child interactionrisk assessmentchild protection
Type
Research Article
Information
Child Psychology and Psychiatry Review , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , September 2001 , pp. 110 - 112
Copyright
© 2001 Association for Child Psychology and Psychiatry

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