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Definition

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

Indicator Summary

Numerator

Denominator
No description available
Computation

A count of unique Child Identifiers with an Exit Flag equal to 'Y', where Care Category is equal to 'OOHC', and Aboriginal Status is equal to 'Aboriginal'.

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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
  EXIT_CARE_TYPE Exit care type
  PR_GROUPED_AT_EXIT Parental responsibility
    Number of Placements**
  PLACEMENT_PROVIDER_NAME_DRVD Name of placement provider
  PLAN_GOAL_GROUPED Case plan goal
  PLACEMENT_EXIT_REASON Exit reason
  TYPE_OF_CAREGIVER_GROUPED Aboriginality of caregiver

* Number of placements is derived from the number of Placement IDs per child and …

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Reporting Information

The Annual Statistical Review reports this indicator annually.

Published by NSW Department of Communities and Justice.

Framework Dimensions

Rationale

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

Calculation rules

Computation Rule
Computation

A count of unique Child Identifiers with an Exit Flag equal to 'Y', where Care Category is equal to 'OOHC', and Aboriginal Status is equal to 'Aboriginal'.

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
  EXIT_CARE_TYPE Exit care type
  PR_GROUPED_AT_EXIT Parental responsibility
    Number of Placements**
  PLACEMENT_PROVIDER_NAME_DRVD Name of placement provider
  PLAN_GOAL_GROUPED Case plan goal
  PLACEMENT_EXIT_REASON Exit reason
  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 DISABILITY_FLAG Disability
  AGE_AT_EXIT_FROM_CARE Age
    Age group*
  GENDER Gender

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

The Annual Statistical Report disaggregates by District, Aboriginality and Age.

Comments

The percentage figures refer to the total number of children and young people exiting OOHC by Aboriginality and Age at exit in the reporting period as a percentage of total number of children and young people exiting OOHC during the year.

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

The increase in children and young people exiting OOHC in 2014-15 was due to the introduction of Guardianship orders in NSW on 29 October 2014.

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 the 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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