Keeping children and young people safe

Measure – Children in care - Children and young people entering care during the quarter

Description

This refers to the total number of unique children and young people entering OOHC during the quarter. This includes children and young people re-entering care during the quarter and those entering care for the first time ever.

Publisher

NSW Department of Communities and Justice

Numerator

Not applicable

Denominator

Not applicable

Data Filters

• Age at entry (calculated at entry)

Data Limitations

Nil

Data Source

KiDS/MDS - Corporate Information Warehouse (CIW) for data before 2017-18.

ChildStory/MDS - Corporate Information Warehouse (CIW) for data after 2017-18.

Measure – Children in care – How many children and young people exited OOHC during the quarter?

Description

This refers to the total number of children and young people exiting OOHC during the quarter.

There are a number of ways in which a child/young person leaves OOHC. These include:

• A young person reaching the age of 18 years
• The expiration or rescission of the Care Order
• Transition to independent living and after care support
• Restoration to the family
• The granting of a Sole Parental Responsibility Order
• Granting of an Adoption Order, or
• The child or young person moving to another jurisdiction.

Publisher

NSW Department of Communities and Justice

Numerator

Not applicable

Denominator

Not applicable

Data Filters

• Age at exit (age is calculated at exit date)

Data Limitations

Nil

Data Source

KiDS/MDS - Corporate Information Warehouse (CIW) for data before 2017-18.

ChildStory/MDS - Corporate Information Warehouse (CIW) for data after 2017-18.

Measure – Children in care - Children and young people in need of care and protection by placement provider

Description

This refers to the total number of children and young people in statutory OOHC as at quarter end.

Children and young people in statutory OOHC reflects placement provider, not case management.

Publisher

NSW Department of Family and Community Services

Numerator

Not applicable

Denominator

Not applicable

Data Filters

• Aboriginality
• Placement provider

Data Limitations

Nil

Data Source

KiDS/MDS - Corporate Information Warehouse (CIW) for data before 2017-18.

ChildStory/MDS - Corporate Information Warehouse (CIW) for data after 2017-18.

Measure – Children in care - Placement of children and young people in need of care and protection

Description

This refers to the total number of children and young people in OOHC as at quarter end by placement type.

Publisher

NSW Department of Communities and Justice

Numerator

Not applicable

Denominator

Not applicable

Data Filters

• Placement type

Data Limitations

Nil

Data Source

KiDS/MDS - Corporate Information Warehouse (CIW) for data before 2017-18.

ChildStory/MDS - Corporate Information Warehouse (CIW) for data after 2017-18.

Measure – Early Intervention services – Reducing the risk of children and young people being removed from their families and placed in OOHC

Description

This refers to the total number of children and young people participating in Intensive Family Preservation services.

Family Preservation Services are intensive in nature with service provision for a short period of time and service delivery coordinated and provided by non-government organisations in the home or the community.  They offer a broad range of support services that meets the assessed needs of families and children.

Due to the introduction of ChildStory, reporting on Intensive Family Preservation services in 2017-18 is not available.

Publisher

NSW Department of Communities and Justice

Numerator

Not applicable

Denominator

Not applicable

Data Filters

• Aboriginality is measured where one of the family members identifies as an Aboriginal person

Data Limitations

Nil

Data Source

KiDS/MDS - Corporate Information Warehouse (CIW)