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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

    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

    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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