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Number of Aboriginal children and young people in out-of-home care (OOHC) placed with a relative or an Aboriginal caregiver

Definition

This refers to the total number of Aboriginal children and young people in out-of-home care (OOHC) placed with a relative or an Aboriginal caregiver, during the reporting period.

The Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander child or young person placement principle in the child and young persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 outlines a preference for the placement of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander child or young person with family or other Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

Indicator Summary

Numerator

The number of aboriginal children placed in accordance with the Aboriginal Child Placement Principle (ACPP).

Distribution/Table Path/Column
Out of Home Care - Base Data Asset ChildStoryID
  PLACEMENT_APP_FLG
  ABORIGINAL_STATUS_GROUPED
  PLACEMENT_TYPE_GROUPED

 

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Denominator


 

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Computation

A count of unique children identifiers where  Aboriginal Placement Principle equal to 'Y', Aboriginal Status is equal to 'Aboriginal' and Placement Typed Grouped is not equal to 'Independent living' or “Other/unknown.”

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Disaggregation
Distribution/Table Path/Column
Out of Home Care - Base Data Asset DISTRICT
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Reporting Information

Published by NSW Department of Communities and Justice.

Outcome Areas

Quality Statement

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Framework Dimensions

Calculation rules

Computation Rule
Computation

A count of unique children identifiers where  Aboriginal Placement Principle equal to 'Y', Aboriginal Status is equal to 'Aboriginal' and Placement Typed Grouped is not equal to 'Independent living' or “Other/unknown.”

Numerators

The number of aboriginal children placed in accordance with the Aboriginal Child Placement Principle (ACPP).

Distribution/Table Path/Column
Out of Home Care - Base Data Asset ChildStoryID
  PLACEMENT_APP_FLG
  ABORIGINAL_STATUS_GROUPED
  PLACEMENT_TYPE_GROUPED

 

Disaggregation
Distribution/Table Path/Column
Out of Home Care - Base Data Asset DISTRICT

Comments

Data limitations:

  • 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.

Origin

Data source:

  • KiDS – Corporate Information Warehouse (CIW) for annual data up to 2016-17
    • ChildStory – Corporate Information Warehouse (CIW) for annual data from 2017-18.

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