COMMUNITIES/SOCIAL WORKERS: Screening Tool

Screening Questions

Sample questions for any case include:

  • Has anyone else in the family been hurt or assaulted?

  • Has anyone made threats to hurt or kill another family member or himself?

  • Do you know if weapons have been used to threaten or harm anyone?

  • Have the police ever been called to the house? Have arrests been made?

  • Has anyone threatened to run off with the children?

  • Has any family member stalked another family member? Has anyone taken a family member hostage?

  • Do you know who is protecting the children right now?

When the call is specifically about domestic violence, sample questions include:
  • What violence occurred?

  • Are there recent injuries or accidents?

  • Are/were police involved?

  • Where were the children during the violence?

  • Has anyone made threats to hurt or kill family members or pets?

  • Are there weapons in the home?

  • Are family members using drugs or alcohol?

  • Does the victim have contact with other family or community members?

  • Has the batterer threatened to leave with the children?

  • What assistance has the victim sought?

  • What assistance has other people or agencies provided?

  • How have you seen the domestic violence affect the children?

Reprinted from Draft Practice Guidelines for Cases with Domestic Violence second edition November 23, 1999-Oregon State Office for Services to Children and Families.












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