| Distribution/Table | Path/Column |
| Child Protection Reporting - Base Data Asset | REPORT_WID |
| ROSH_FLAG | |
| CONTACT_START_DATE |
Definition
A count of concern reports meeting the Risk of Significant Harm (ROSH) threshold for statutory authority intervention, during the reporting period.
ROSH threshold screening occurs at the DCJ Child Protection Helpline. A child or young person is at ROSH if the circumstances that are causing concern for their safety, welfare or wellbeing are present to a significant extent. This means it is sufficiently serious to warrant a response by a statutory authority irrespective of a family's consent (see References below).
Indicator Summary
No description available
A count of Concern Reports assessed at the ROSH threshold requiring statutory authority intervention (calculated by counting Report Identifiers that meet the threshold for ROSH), in the reporting period.
This indicator may be disaggregated by:
Indicator Specific breakdown
| Distribution/Table | Path/Column | Dashboard Filter Label |
| Child Protection Reporting - Base Data Asset | CONTACTOR_TYPE_GROUP | Reporter type |
| PRIMARY_HL_ASSESSED_ISSUE_GRPD | Primary helpline assessed issue | |
| Number of reports per child* |
Geographic Breakdown
| Distribution/Table | Path/Column | Dashboard Filter Label |
| Child Protection Reporting - Base Data Asset | DITRICT_COMMON | District |
| DITRICT_COMMON | Cluster* | |
| BUSINESS_UNIT_COMMON | Business unit |
* District has been recoded into cluster using the District Common variable.
Demographic breakdown
| Distribution/Table | Path/Column | Dashboard Filter Label … |
Reporting Information
This indicator allows monitoring the demand for child protection investigations, including making resource decisions.
Alignment: This aligns with national reporting in Report on Government Services (RoGS).
Framework Dimensions
- Annual Statistical Report (2021-2022) > Children and Families Thrive > Supporting children in statutory protection
- Annual Statistical Report (2022-2023) > Children and Families Thrive > Supporting children in statutory protection
- Annual Statistical Report (2023-2024) > Children and Families Thrive > Supporting children in statutory protection
- DCJ Indicator Bank > Child Protection
- DCJ Quarterly Statistical Report on Services for Children and Young People > Child Protection - Reports
Calculation rules
- Computation
A count of Concern Reports assessed at the ROSH threshold requiring statutory authority intervention (calculated by counting Report Identifiers that meet the threshold for ROSH), in the reporting period.
| Distribution/Table | Path/Column |
| Child Protection Reporting - Base Data Asset | REPORT_WID |
| ROSH_FLAG | |
| CONTACT_START_DATE |
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- Data Element
- Record: Identifier, N(8)
- Description
DISTINCT REPORT_WID
- Data Set
- Child Protection Data Set
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- Data Element
- Assessment: ROSH Flag, Yes/No/NA Code A(A)
- Description
ROSH Flag = Y
- Data Set
- Child Protection Data Set
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- Data Element
- Service Event: Start Date, DateTime YYYY-MM-DD
- Description
Where CONTACT_START_DATE is derived from data in the Federated Analytics Platform, which is built on data from ChildStory/CIW, relevant to a particular ETL run date period:
FinancialYearReporting:
extract(MONTH from ETL_RUN_DT)=9
AND (contact_start_date between Date_SUB(DATE_SUB(Date(etl_run_dt), INTERVAL 1 YEAR), interval 2 MONTH) and DATE_SUB(DATE_SUB(DATE(ETL_RUN_DT), INTERVAL 2 MONTH), INTERVAL 1 DAY))- Guide for use
ETL_RUN date '9' is selected to ensure, with 2 months aging, that all submitted data for the financial year is included in the calculation - eg by selecting 9 (September), all records up to the end of June are included (ie all data between 1 July and 30 June)
- Data Set
- Child Protection Data Set
This indicator may be disaggregated by:
Indicator Specific breakdown
| Distribution/Table | Path/Column | Dashboard Filter Label |
| Child Protection Reporting - Base Data Asset | CONTACTOR_TYPE_GROUP | Reporter type |
| PRIMARY_HL_ASSESSED_ISSUE_GRPD | Primary helpline assessed issue | |
| Number of reports per child* |
Geographic Breakdown
| Distribution/Table | Path/Column | Dashboard Filter Label |
| Child Protection Reporting - Base Data Asset | DITRICT_COMMON | District |
| DITRICT_COMMON | Cluster* | |
| BUSINESS_UNIT_COMMON | Business unit |
* District has been recoded into cluster using the District Common variable.
Demographic breakdown
| Distribution/Table | Path/Column | Dashboard Filter Label |
| Child Protection Reporting - Base Data Asset | ABORIGINAL_STATUS_GROUPED | Aboriginal status |
| Age | ||
| Age grouped | ||
| DISABILITY_FLAG | Disability |
The Annual Statistical Report disaggregates by Aboriginality, District, Number of reports, Reporter type and Selected issue.
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- Data Element
- Service Event: Contact, Label X(25)
- Description
Contact method is driven by data in CONTACT_ORIGIN
- Data Set
- Child Protection Data Set
-
- Data Element
- Assessment: Helpline Primary Issue, Label X(200)
- Description
Primary helpline assessed issue is driven by data in PRIMARY_HL_ASSESSED_ISSUE_GRPD
- Data Set
- Child Protection Data Set
-
- Data Element
- Service Event: NSW Department of Communities and Justice District, Label X(40)
- Description
District is driven by data in DITRICT_COMMON
- Data Set
- Child Protection Data Set
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- Data Element
- Service Event: Contactor Type, Grouped Label X(45)
- Description
Reporter agency is driven by data in CONTACTOR_TYPE_GROUP
- Data Set
- Child Protection Data Set
-
- Data Element
- Family: Indigenous Status, Code X(14)
- Guide for use
Where the values for Aboriginal Status Grouped of 'not stated' and blank have been recoded as 'Non-Aboriginal.'
- Data Set
- Child Protection Data Set
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- Data Element
- Service Event: Final Response Priority, Label X(40)
- Description
Response priority is driven by data in FINAL_RESPONSE_PRIORITY
- Data Set
- Child Protection Data Set
Comments
Caseworkers in DCJ Child Protection Helpline apply the Structured Decision Making (SDM) Screening and Response Priority (SCRPT) tools to reports to determine the level of response category.
- ‘Other’ in the ‘Other/NA’ reporting category for response priorities include reports marked as ‘no response required’ and those with the required information left blank. ‘NA’ (Not Applicable) relates to ROSH reports where additional children were recorded at the time of the field assessment. The data reported for “Other/NA’ in 2019-20 is not directly comparable to that reported in the previous years, because: the large number of ROSH reports with blank final response priority reported for 2019-20 were attributed to the Streamlined Response Pilot in Northern NSW District, where the Response Priority Tool was no longer being used to determine the response priority. ‘Not Applicable (N/A)’ mainly relates to ROSH reports where additional children were recorded at the time of the field assessment. The data reported for ‘Other/NA’ in 2019-20 is not directly comparable to that reported in the previous years as a large number of ROSH reports with blank final response priority reported for 2019-20 are attributable to the Streamlined Response Pilot project underway in the Northern NSW District where the Response Priority Tool is no longer being used to determine the response priority.
- ‘Prenatal reports’ are reported under ‘Carer: other issues’ prior to 2012-13. 'Other issues' includes ROSH reports where additional children were recorded at the time of field assessment; hence, Helpline assessed issue is not applicable.
The District reflects where the child/young person's case plan is held at their first ROSH report in the reporting period.
- 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.
- The ‘Other’ reported in the DCJ District breakdown includes data from the former Hunter New England District which cannot be split into the new districts and data where District could not be identified.
- Statewide Services also includes 'not entered', in most cases where reports don't require a field response after an assessment/screening is undertaken at the DCJ Child Protection Helpline.
Since the implementation of ChildStory there has been a change in the way reporter type is reported. From 2017-18 onwards, the category of 'Non-mandatory reporters' has replaced the categories of ‘Community/Social organisations’, ‘Family members’, 'Subject child/young person' and ‘Other/Not stated’ which are no longer used.
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 limitations:
- Nil.
Data source:
- KiDS/MDS - Corporate Information Warehouse (CIW)) for annual data up to 2016-17
- ChildStory – Corporate Information Warehouse (CIW)) for annual data from 2017-18.
Origin
References
In 2009 the threshold for legislative statutory authority intervention was amended from ‘risk of harm’ to ‘risk of significant harm’.
The NSW Interagency Guidelines outlines what is meant by ‘significant’ in ‘risk of significant harm’.
- “This means the concern is sufficiently serious to warrant a response by a statutory authority (such as NSW Police Force or Community Services) irrespective of a family’s consent.
What is significant is not minor or trivial and may reasonably be expected to produce a substantial and demonstrably adverse impact on the child or young person’s safety, welfare or wellbeing, or in the case of an unborn child, after the child’s birth.
The significance can result from a single act or omission or an accumulation of these.”
https://reporter.childstory.nsw.gov.au/s/article/Significant-harm-policy-definition
Custom Fields
DCJ - Domain
Child Protection
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