Citation

Partridge I, Casswell G, Richardson G. Child Psychol. Psychiatr. Rev. 2001; 6(03): 110-112.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1017/S1360641701002623

PMID

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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.


Key Words: Parent child interaction; risk assessment; child protection.