House of Assembly Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2) 53 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Estimates Replies eCARL eCARL In reply to Ms SANDERSON House of Assembly Adelaide eCARL In reply to Ms SANDERSON (Adelaide) (29 July 2016). (Estimates Committee A) The Hon. S.E. CLOSE House of Assembly Port Adelaide Minister for Education and Child Development Minister for Higher Education and Skills eCARL The Hon. S.E. CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Minister for Education and Child Development, Minister for Higher Education and Skills): I have been advised of the following: The tier response rating is determined using the internationally recognised Children's Research Centre (CRC), Structured Decision-Making® (SDM®) Response Priority Assessment tool (SDM®–RPA). When the department receives a report of suspected child abuse or neglect, a Social Worker will firstly apply the SDM® Screening Criteria and Definitions tool to establish a ground for child protection intervention and determine that the reported concerns meet the statutory threshold. Once this has been concluded the social worker will apply the SDM® Response Priority Assessment tool (SDM®–RPA). SDM®–RPA guides the social worker through a series of decision making trees dependent on the established grounds for intervention. The process guides the social worker in determining the tier rating and the expected response time: Tier 1 (24 hour response) Tier 2 (3 days for infants at risk; otherwise 5 days or 10 days depending on the outcomes of assessments) Tier 3 (non-investigative response—no specific time frames).