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Definition

A count of unique/individual children and young people exiting out-of-home care (OOHC) to Guardianship, during the reporting period.

Indicator Summary

Numerator

Denominator

Not applicable.

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Computation

A count of unique child identifiers with an Exit Flag equal to 'Y', where Care Category is equal to 'OOHC', and Exit Care Type is equal to 'guardianship'.

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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
    Number of Placements**
  PLACEMENT_PROVIDER_NAME_DRVD Name of placement provider
  PLAN_GOAL_GROUPED Case plan goal
  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 …
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Reporting Information

Published by NSW Department of Communities and Justice.

Framework Dimensions

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 Exit Care Type is equal to 'guardianship'.

Denominators

Not applicable.

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
    Number of Placements**
  PLACEMENT_PROVIDER_NAME_DRVD Name of placement provider
  PLAN_GOAL_GROUPED Case plan goal
  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 ABORIGINAL_STATUS_FACS_GROUPED Aboriginal Status
  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 and Aboriginality.

The Aboriginal-led Data Sharing: Child Protection and Out-of-home Care Statistics disaggregates by District and Aboriginality.

Comments

The district reported in this performance measure reflects where a child/young person's case plan is held at the last exit from OOHC in the reporting period.

NP (Not Publishable) refers to small numbers that are not published to preserve privacy of individuals.

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:

  • From 2022-23, the District of Case Management Responsibility replaced District for disaggregating district.
  • The Hunter New England District was split into Hunter District and New England District from 2018-19. This means that no data will be displayed for Hunter District or for New England District before 2018-19 and no data will be displayed for Hunter New England District after 2017-18.

Data limitations:

  • Nil

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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