Definition
The proportion of children and young people involved in Risk of Significant Harm (ROSH) reports where actual harm or risk of harm was substantiated from finalised field assessments within 60 days from contact, during the reporting period.
Indicator Summary
| Distribution/Table | Path/Column |
| Child Protection Reporting - Base Data Asset | CHILDSTORY_ID |
| ROSH_FLAG | |
| FIELD_ASSESSMENT_STATUS | |
| FIELD_ASSESSMENT_OUTCOME | |
| FA_END_DATE | |
| AGED_M_END_DT |
The numerator is the count of Child Identifiers where ROSH Flag is equal to 'Y' and the Field Assessment Status is 'Completed' and the value for Field Assessment Outcome is not 'Assessment not Proceeded'. (Where there are multiple reports exits, for each reporting period, for each child, the most progressed report is used. If a single report is not identified, then the report with the earliest Contact Start Date is used.) Additionally, the Field Assessment End Date is less than or …
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 agency |
| CONTACT_ORIGIN | Contact method | |
| FINAL_RESPONSE_PRIORITY | Response priority | |
| PRIMARY_HL_ASSESSED_ISSUE_GRPD | Primary helpline assessed issue | |
| SAFET_OUTCOME | Safety outcome | |
| FINAL_RISK_LEVEL | Final risk outcome |
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 …
Reporting Information
The Operational Business Review reports monthly.
Published by the NSW Department of Family and Community Services.
Framework Dimensions
Rationale
The proportion of children and young people at ROSH with a field assessment completed within 60 days is an indicator of NSW Government's objective to provide child protection services that are responsive, ensuring that notifications are responded to, and investigations are completed, in a timely and appropriate manner. High and increasing proportions of investigations commenced and completed in shorter periods is desirable.
Alignment: This aligns with reporting on response time in the Report on Government Services (RoGS).
Calculation rules
- Computation
The numerator is the count of Child Identifiers where ROSH Flag is equal to 'Y' and the Field Assessment Status is 'Completed' and the value for Field Assessment Outcome is not 'Assessment not Proceeded'. (Where there are multiple reports exits, for each reporting period, for each child, the most progressed report is used. If a single report is not identified, then the report with the earliest Contact Start Date is used.) Additionally, the Field Assessment End Date is less than or to equal to 60 days from the Contact Start Date, in the reporting period.
The denominator is the count Child Identifiers where ROSH Flag is equal to 'Y' and the Contact Start Date is in the reporting period. (Where there are multiple reports exits, for each reporting period, for each child, the most progressed report is used. If a single report is not identified, then the report with the earliest Contact Start Date is used.)
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- Data Element
- Record: Field Assessment, Identifier X(19)
- Data Set
- Child Protection Data Set
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- Data Element
- Service Event: End Date, DateTime YYYY-MM-DD
- Data Set
- Child Protection Data Set
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- Data Element
- Service Event: Start Date, DateTime YYYY-MM-DD
- Data Set
- Child Protection Data Set
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- Data Element
- Record: DateTime Stamp, YYYY-MM-DD
- Data Set
- Child Protection Data Set
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- Data Element
- Assessment: ROSH Flag, Yes/No/NA Code A(A)
- Guide for use
Where ROSH Flag is equal to 'Y.'
- Data Set
- Child Protection Data Set
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- Data Element
- Person: ChildStory Identifier, A-N(8)
- Guide for use
A of unique Child Identifiers.
- Data Set
- Child Protection Data Set
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- Data Element
- Assessment: Field Assessment Status, Label X(10)
- Guide for use
The Field Assessment Status is 'Completed.'
- Data Set
- Child Protection Data Set
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- Data Element
- Service Event: Field Assessment Outcome, Label A(25)
- Guide for use
Where the Field Assessment Outcome value is not 'Assessment not Proceeded' (i.e. the value is missing or the value is 'Assessment Proceeded').
- Data Set
- Child Protection Data Set
| Distribution/Table | Path/Column |
| Child Protection Reporting - Base Data Asset | CHILDSTORY_ID |
| ROSH_FLAG | |
| FIELD_ASSESSMENT_STATUS | |
| FIELD_ASSESSMENT_OUTCOME | |
| FA_END_DATE | |
| AGED_M_END_DT |
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- Data Element
- Person: ChildStory Identifier, A-N(8)
- Data Set
- Child Protection Data Set
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- Data Element
- Assessment: ROSH Flag, Yes/No/NA Code A(A)
- Data Set
- Child Protection Data Set
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- Data Element
- Assessment: Field Assessment Status, Label X(10)
- Data Set
- Child Protection Data Set
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- Data Element
- Service Event: Field Assessment Outcome, Label A(25)
- Data Set
- Child Protection Data Set
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- Data Element
- Service Event: End Date, DateTime YYYY-MM-DD
- Data Set
- Child Protection Data Set
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- Data Element
- Record: DateTime Stamp, YYYY-MM-DD
- 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 agency |
| CONTACT_ORIGIN | Contact method | |
| FINAL_RESPONSE_PRIORITY | Response priority | |
| PRIMARY_HL_ASSESSED_ISSUE_GRPD | Primary helpline assessed issue | |
| SAFET_OUTCOME | Safety outcome | |
| FINAL_RISK_LEVEL | Final risk outcome |
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 Group* | ||
| GENDER | Gender | |
| DISABILITY_FLAG | Disability flag |
*The Age of Child or Young Person when they enter is calculated as the Field Assessment Start Date less their Date of Birth in years. Field Assessment Age Group 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, Aboriginality and Age.
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- Data Element
- Service Event: Contactor Type, Grouped Label X(45)
- 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: Contact, Label X(25)
- Data Set
- Child Protection Data Set
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- Data Element
- Service Event: Final Response Priority, Label X(40)
- Data Set
- Child Protection Data Set
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- Data Element
- Assessment: Helpline Primary Issue, Grouped Label X(50)
- Data Set
- Child Protection Data Set
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- Data Element
- Service Event: Safety Assessment Outcome, Label X(25)
- Data Set
- Child Protection Data Set
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- Data Element
- Assessment: Risk Level, Label X(22)
- Data Set
- Child Protection Data Set
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- Data Element
- Service Event: Business Unit, Label X(50)
- Data Set
- Child Protection Data Set
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- Data Element
- Person: Indigenous Status, Grouped Label X(14)
- Data Set
- Child Protection Data Set
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- Data Element
- Person: Gender, Code X(20)
- Data Set
- Child Protection Data Set
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- Data Element
- Person: Disability Indicator, Yes/No Code A
- Data Set
- Child Protection Data Set
Comments
Data for non-Aboriginal children and young people also includes children and young people with Aboriginality status "not stated".
The 2017-18 data for children and young people involved in ROSH reports where actual harm or risk of harm was substantiated from finalised field assessments is not available.
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:
- Key Information and Directory System (KiDS)/Client Information Warehouse (CIW) for annual data up to 2016-17
- ChildStory /Client Information Warehouse (CIW) for annual data from 2017-18.
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
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