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Definition

The proportion of Aboriginal children and young people with Parental Responsibility (PR) to the Minister, PR to Minister (Protected Person), or Care Responsibility to the Secretary, who were placed with a relative or kinship carer, as at the reporting period.

Indicator Summary

Computation

The numerator is a count of unique Child Identifiers where Parental Responsibility 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 as at the reporting date.  The Event Start Date is before or during the reporting period, and the Event End Date is empty. In addition, the Child or Young Person has an Aboriginal Status of 'Aboriginal'. The Placement Type is equal to 'Relative and Aboriginal Kinship …

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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 monthly.  

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

Published by the NSW Department of Family and Community Services.

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

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child placement principle comprises five domains; prevention, partnership, placement, participation and connection. The placement domain specifies the following priorities:

  • placement with Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander relatives or extended family members, or other relatives or extended family members
  • placement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander family‑based carers.

A high and increasing proportion of Aboriginal children and young people in OOHC placed with a relative or an Aboriginal carer is desirable. 

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

Calculation rules

Computation Rule
Computation

The numerator is a count of unique Child Identifiers where Parental Responsibility 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 as at the reporting date.  The Event Start Date is before or during the reporting period, and the Event End Date is empty. In addition, the Child or Young Person has an Aboriginal Status of 'Aboriginal'. The Placement Type is equal to 'Relative and Aboriginal Kinship Care'.

The denominator is a count of unique Child Identifiers where Parental Responsibility 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 as at the reporting date.  The Event Start Date is before or during the reporting period, and the Event End Date is empty. In addition, the Child or Young Person has an Aboriginal Status of 'Aboriginal'. The Placement Type is not equal to 'Independent Living', 'Others' or 'No placement or whereabouts recorded'.

Numerators
Denominators
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 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 measure 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:

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

Custom Fields

DCJ - Domain
Out-of-Home Care

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