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Title 80 - Utah Juvenile Code
Chapter 2 - Child Welfare Services
Part 4 - Division Employees and Volunteers
Section 403 - Child welfare caseworker safety and risk assessments.
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UT Code § 80-2-403 (2025)
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Effective 9/1/2022
80-2-403. Child welfare caseworker safety and risk assessments.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 334, 2022 General Session
80-2-403. Child welfare caseworker safety and risk assessments.
- (1) A child welfare caseworker within the division shall use evidence-informed or evidence-based safety and risk assessments to guide decisions concerning a child throughout a child protection investigation or proceeding.
- (2) As part of an evidence-informed or evidence-based safety and risk assessment, the child welfare caseworker shall assess at least the following:
- (a) threat to the child's safety;
- (b) protective capabilities of a parent or guardian, including the parent or guardian's readiness, willingness, and ability to plan for the child's safety;
- (c) the child's particular vulnerabilities;
- (d) interventions required to protect the child; and
- (e) likelihood of future harm to the child.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 334, 2022 General Session
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