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Definition

This refers to the total number of unique/individual Aboriginal children and young people entering out-of-home care (OOHC), during the reporting period.

Indicator Summary

Numerator

Denominator
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Computation

A count of distinct Child Identifiers entering, where Care Category is equal to 'OOHC' and Aboriginal Status is equal to 'Aboriginal', during the reporting period.

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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
    First time entry*
  CARE_CATEGORY_PR_GROUPED Parental responsibility
    Number of Placements**
  PLACEMENT_PROVIDER_NAME_DRVD Name of placement provider
  PLAN_GOAL_GROUPED Case plan goal
  TYPE_OF_CAREGIVER_GROUPED Aboriginality of caregiver

*First time entry is derived from Date First Time Entry being in the reporting period. Number of placements is …

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Reporting Information

The Annual Statistical Report reports this indicator annually.

Published by NSW Department of Communities and Justice.

Framework Dimensions

Rationale

The number of children entering OOHC directly drives the number of children in OOHC. Reducing entries while maintaining child safety would reflect best practice and potentially measure the performance of the the child protection system.

Alignment: This aligns with national reporting in the Report on Government Services (RoGS)

Calculation rules

Computation Rule
Computation

A count of distinct Child Identifiers entering, where Care Category is equal to 'OOHC' and Aboriginal Status is equal to 'Aboriginal', during the reporting period.

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
    First time entry*
  CARE_CATEGORY_PR_GROUPED Parental responsibility
    Number of Placements**
  PLACEMENT_PROVIDER_NAME_DRVD Name of placement provider
  PLAN_GOAL_GROUPED Case plan goal
  TYPE_OF_CAREGIVER_GROUPED Aboriginality of caregiver

*First time entry is derived from Date First Time Entry being in the reporting period. 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 DISABILITY_FLAG Disability
  AGE Age*
    Age group*
  GENDER Gender

The Annual Statistical Report disaggregates by Age and First time of entry. 

Comments

The percentage figures refer to the total number of Aboriginal children and young people entering OOHC for the first time during the reporting period as a percentage of the total number of children and young people entering OOHC for the first time during the reporting period.

Data for non-Aboriginal children and young people also includes children and young people with status not stated.

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 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 2017-18 result for this measure is not directly comparable to historic data previously published.

Data source:

Custom Fields

DCJ - Domain
Out-of-Home Care

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