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Definition

A count of unique/individual children and young people exiting out-of-home care (OOHC) to guardianship and restoration within the reporting period.

Indicator Summary

Numerator

Denominator
No description available
Computation

A count of unique Child Identifiers where Care Category is equal to 'OOHC', where Exit Flag equal to 'Y', where Exit Care Type is equal to 'Guardianship' or 'Restoration'.

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Disaggregation

This indicator may be disaggregated by:

Indicator Specific Breakdowns

Distribution/Table Path/Column Dashboard Filter Label
OOHC Reporting - Base Data Asset CASE_MANAGEMENT_RESPONSIBILITY Case management
  PLACEMENT_TYPE_GROUPED Placement type
  CARE_ARRANGEMENT Care arrangement
    Number of Placements**
  PLACEMENT_PROVIDER_NAME_DRVD Name of placement provider
  PLAN_GOAL_GROUPED Case plan goal
  TYPE_OF_CAREGIVER_GROUPED Aboriginality of caregiver

* Number of placements is derived from the number of Placement IDs per child and young person.

Geographic Breakdowns

Distribution/Table Path/Column Dashboard Filter Label
OOHC Reporting - Base …
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Reporting Information

The Aboriginal-led Data Sharing: Child Protection and Out-of-home Care Statistics reports this annually.

Quality Statement

Accuracy of Indigenous Status Data
Statuses: [FACSIAR Data Governance Committee: Qualified, Oct. 13, 2023]
The accuracy of data held about Indigenous Status in current collections is poor for several factors. Firstly, the number of...

Framework Dimensions

Rationale

This an indicator of DCJ's objective to protect children and young people who are at risk of abuse and neglect within their families or whose families do not have the capacity to provide care and protection. High or increasing proportions of children and young people exiting out‑of‑home care to a permanency outcome for whom there was no return to out‑of‑home care is desirable.

Alignment: This aligns with the Report on Government Services (RoGS).

Calculation rules

Computation Rule
Computation

A count of unique Child Identifiers where Care Category is equal to 'OOHC', where Exit Flag equal to 'Y', where Exit Care Type is equal to 'Guardianship' or 'Restoration'.

Disaggregation

This indicator may be disaggregated by:

Indicator Specific Breakdowns

Distribution/Table Path/Column Dashboard Filter Label
OOHC Reporting - Base Data Asset CASE_MANAGEMENT_RESPONSIBILITY Case management
  PLACEMENT_TYPE_GROUPED Placement type
  CARE_ARRANGEMENT Care arrangement
    Number of Placements**
  PLACEMENT_PROVIDER_NAME_DRVD Name of placement provider
  PLAN_GOAL_GROUPED Case plan goal
  TYPE_OF_CAREGIVER_GROUPED Aboriginality of caregiver

* Number of placements is derived from the number of Placement IDs per child and young person.

Geographic Breakdowns

Distribution/Table Path/Column Dashboard Filter Label
OOHC Reporting - Base Data Asset CM_RSP_HIST_DISTRICT District
  CM_RSP_HIST_DISTRICT Cluster*
  BUSINESS_UNIT Business Unit

* Cluster is a grouping of districts using the district of case management responsibility variable.

Demographic Breakdowns

Distribution/Table Path/Column Dashboard Filter Label
OOHC Reporting - Base Data Asset ABORIGINAL_STATUS_FACS_GROUPED Aboriginal Status
  DISABILITY_FLAG Disability
  AGE_AT_EXIT_FROM_CARE Age
    Age group*
  GENDER Gender

 

*Age group is derived from Age at exit from care.

The Aboriginal-led Data Sharing: Child Protection and Out-of-home Care Statistics disaggregates by District and Aboriginality. 

Comments

Data ageing:

  • Data ageing is two months, unless otherwise indicated. Therefore, the data for this indicator will be available two months after the end of the month in which the data first becomes available.

Data changes:

Data counting rules:

  • In 2017-18 changes were made to OOHC counting rules to better align those with national reporting and to also better reflect the legal status of clients in OOHC. The result as at 30 June 2018 is not directly comparable to historic data previously published. When adjusted to make them comparable, there was a decrease of 27.3% in the number of children and young people in OOHC, compared to 30 June 2017. Compared to 30 June 2016, there was a decrease of 44.5% in the number of children and young people in OOHC as at 30 June 2018.

Data limitations:

  • Nil.

Data source:

Custom Fields

DCJ - Domain
Out-of-Home Care

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