Project Summary: Five questions What better strategies can social services enact to ensure child safety. Should there be further parent background checks? Can routine checks and other strategies prevent ongoing sexual assault or mistreatment of children? Will focusing on social service employment ensure all children are looked after in the future. How can mistreatment and abuse affect children’s cognitive skills? keywords: ensure foster children safety. foster parents background checks. Prevent children mistreatment and assault. Regular routine checks. Foster children cognitive skills and education rates.