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Definition

The proportion of children and young people in out-of-home care (OOHC) with Parental Responsibility to the Minister (PRM), who have a current and approved Case plan (Out-of-Home Care) plan, during the reporting period.

Indicator Summary

Computation

The numerator is a count of unique Child Identifiers where the value for Parental Responsibility Group is equal to 'PR to Minister' or 'PR to Minister (Protected Person)' or 'Care Responsibilities to Secretary' and the Legal Order Identifier is not missing. The Event Start Date is before or during the reporting period, and the Event End Date is empty. In addition, the OOHC Case Plan ID is not empty.

The numerator is a count of unique Child Identifiers where the value for Parental …

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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
  LENGTH_OF_TIME_IN_CARE_GROUPED_AS_AT Length of time in care
  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

*Derived from the number of Placement ID per child and young person.

Geographic Breakdowns

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Reporting Information

The Operational Business Review reports on a monthly basis.

Published by NSW Department of Communities and Justice.

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

A case plan is an indicator of providing services that meet the needs of individual children and young people in child protection. A high or increasing rate of children with current documented case plans is desirable.

This indicator does not assess the quality of plans or the extent to which identified needs and actions are put into place. 

Alignment

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

Benchmark

The target is 93.0%.

Calculation rules

Computation Rule
Computation

The numerator is a count of unique Child Identifiers where the value for Parental Responsibility Group is equal to 'PR to Minister' or 'PR to Minister (Protected Person)' or 'Care Responsibilities to Secretary' and the Legal Order Identifier is not missing. The Event Start Date is before or during the reporting period, and the Event End Date is empty. In addition, the OOHC Case Plan ID is not empty.

The numerator is a count of unique Child Identifiers where the value for Parental Responsibility Group is equal to 'PR to Minister' or 'PR to Minister (Protected Person)' or 'Care Responsibilities to Secretary' and the Legal Order Identifier is not missing. The Event Start Date is before or during the reporting period, and the Event End Date is empty.

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
  LENGTH_OF_TIME_IN_CARE_GROUPED_AS_AT Length of time in care
  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

*Derived from the number of Placement ID 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 district of case management responsibility variable.

Demographic Breakdowns

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

*The Age of Child or Young Person when they enter is calculated as the Legal Order State Date less their Date of Birth in years. Entry Age is then grouped into the categories of '4 years and under', '5 - 12 years', '13 - 17 years' and '18+ years' and 'Age unknown or missing'.

The Operational Business Review disaggregates by District, Cluster, Business unit and Case management responsibility.

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 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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