Definition
The proportion of Aboriginal children and young people with Parental Responsibility (PR) to the Minister, PR to Minister (Protected Person), or Care Responsibility to the Secretary, who were placed with a relative or kinship carer, as at the reporting period.
Indicator Summary
The numerator is a count of unique Child Identifiers where Parental Responsibility is equal to 'PR to Minister' or 'PR to Minister (Protected Person)' or 'Care Responsibilities to Secretary', and the Legal Order Identifier is not missing as at the reporting date. The Event Start Date is before or during the reporting period, and the Event End Date is empty. In addition, the Child or Young Person has an Aboriginal Status of 'Aboriginal'. The Placement Type is equal to 'Relative and Aboriginal Kinship …
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 | |
| LENGTH_OF_TIME_IN_CARE_GROUPED_AS_AT | Length of time in care | |
| CARE_CATEGORY_PR_GROUPED | Parental responsibility | |
| Number of Placements* | ||
| PLACEMENT_PROVIDER_NAME_DRVD | Name of placement provider | |
| PLAN_GOAL_GROUPED | Case plan goal | |
| TYPE_OF_CAREGIVER_GROUPED | Aboriginality of caregiver |
*Derived from the number of Placement ID per child and young person.
Geographic Breakdowns
| Distribution/Table | Path/Column | Dashboard … |
Reporting Information
The Operational Business Review reports monthly.
The Aboriginal-led Data Sharing: Child Protection and Out-of-home Care Statistics reports annually.
Published by the NSW Department of Family and Community Services.
Quality Statement
Accuracy of Indigenous Status DataFramework Dimensions
- DCJ Indicator Bank > In Care and Protection
- Aboriginal-led Data Sharing: Child Protection and Out-of-Home Care Statistics > Connection
Rationale
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child placement principle comprises five domains; prevention, partnership, placement, participation and connection. The placement domain specifies the following priorities:
- placement with Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander relatives or extended family members, or other relatives or extended family members
- placement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander family‑based carers.
A high and increasing proportion of Aboriginal children and young people in OOHC placed with a relative or an Aboriginal carer is desirable.
Alignment: This aligns with the Report on Government Services (RoGS).
Calculation rules
- Computation
The numerator is a count of unique Child Identifiers where Parental Responsibility is equal to 'PR to Minister' or 'PR to Minister (Protected Person)' or 'Care Responsibilities to Secretary', and the Legal Order Identifier is not missing as at the reporting date. The Event Start Date is before or during the reporting period, and the Event End Date is empty. In addition, the Child or Young Person has an Aboriginal Status of 'Aboriginal'. The Placement Type is equal to 'Relative and Aboriginal Kinship Care'.
The denominator is a count of unique Child Identifiers where Parental Responsibility is equal to 'PR to Minister' or 'PR to Minister (Protected Person)' or 'Care Responsibilities to Secretary', and the Legal Order Identifier is not missing as at the reporting date. The Event Start Date is before or during the reporting period, and the Event End Date is empty. In addition, the Child or Young Person has an Aboriginal Status of 'Aboriginal'. The Placement Type is not equal to 'Independent Living', 'Others' or 'No placement or whereabouts recorded'.
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- Data Element
- Placement: Type, Grouped Label X(30)
- Guide for use
Where the value for Placement Type Grouped is equal to 'Relative and Aboriginal Kinship Care'.
- Data Set
- Out of Home Care (OOHC) Data Set
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- Data Element
- Person: ChildStory Identifier, A-N(8)
- Data Set
- Out of Home Care (OOHC) Data Set
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- Data Element
- Service Episode: End Date, DateTime YYYY-MM-DD
- Data Set
- Out of Home Care (OOHC) Data Set
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- Data Element
- Service Episode: Episode Start Date, DateTime YYYY-MM-DD
- Data Set
- Out of Home Care (OOHC) Data Set
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- Data Element
- Care Category: Legal Responsibility, Group Label X(50)
- Guide for use
Where the value for Parental Responsibility Group is equal to 'PR to Minister' or 'PR to Minister (Protected Person)' or 'Care Responsibilities to Secretary'.
- Data Set
- Out of Home Care (OOHC) Data Set
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- Data Element
- Record: DateTime Stamp, YYYY-MM-DD
- Guide for use
AGED_M_END_DT = !"NULL" OR after the as at reporting date.
- Data Set
- Out of Home Care (OOHC) Data Set
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- Data Element
- Legal Order: Identifier, AAA - NNNNNN
- Guide for use
LEGAL_ORDER_ID = !"NULL"
- Data Set
- Out of Home Care (OOHC) Data Set
| Distribution/Table | Path/Column |
| Out-of-home care base data asset | ChildstoryID |
| CARE_CATEGORY_PR_GROUPED | |
| EVENT_START_DT | |
| EVENT_END_DT | |
| LEGAL_ORDER_ID | |
| AGED_M_END_DT | |
| ABORIGINAL_STATUS_FACS_GROUPED |
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- Data Element
- Placement: Type, Grouped Label X(30)
- Guide for use
Where the values for Placement Type Grouped are not 'Independent Living', 'Others' or 'No placement or whereabouts recorded'.
- Data Set
- Out of Home Care (OOHC) Data Set
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- Data Element
- Care Category: Legal Responsibility, Label X(50)
- Guide for use
Where the value for Parental Responsibility Group is equal to 'PR to Minister' or 'PR to Minister (Protected Person)' or 'Care Responsibilities to Secretary'.
- Data Set
- Out of Home Care (OOHC) Data Set
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- Data Element
- Person: ChildStory Identifier, A-N(8)
- Data Set
- Out of Home Care (OOHC) Data Set
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- Data Element
- Service Episode: Episode Start Date, DateTime YYYY-MM-DD
- Data Set
- Out of Home Care (OOHC) Data Set
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- Data Element
- Service Episode: End Date, DateTime YYYY-MM-DD
- Data Set
- Out of Home Care (OOHC) Data Set
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- Data Element
- Legal Order: Identifier, AAA - NNNNNN
- Data Set
- Out of Home Care (OOHC) Data Set
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 | |
| LENGTH_OF_TIME_IN_CARE_GROUPED_AS_AT | Length of time in care | |
| CARE_CATEGORY_PR_GROUPED | Parental responsibility | |
| Number of Placements* | ||
| PLACEMENT_PROVIDER_NAME_DRVD | Name of placement provider | |
| PLAN_GOAL_GROUPED | Case plan goal | |
| TYPE_OF_CAREGIVER_GROUPED | Aboriginality of caregiver |
*Derived from the number of Placement ID 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 district of case management responsibility variable.
Demographic Breakdowns
| Distribution/Table | Path/Column | Dashboard Filter Label |
| OOHC Reporting - Base Data Asset | DISABILITY_FLAG | Disability |
| Age* | ||
| Age group* | ||
| GENDER | Gender |
*The Age of Child or Young Person when they enter is calculated as the Legal Order State Date less their Date of Birth in years. Entry Age 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 and Case management responsibility.
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- Data Element
- Organisation: Internal Business Unit, label X(50)
- Data Set
- Out of Home Care (OOHC) Data Set
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- Data Element
- Organisation: NSW Department of Communities and Justice District, Label A(25)
- Guide for use
In addition to disaggregating by District, the OBR presents a disaggregation of the grouped districts:
- Murrumbidgee, Far West & Western NSW Districts
- Hunter & Central Coast Districts
- Illawarra Shoalhaven and Southern NSW Districts
- Western Sydney & Nepean Blue Mountains Districts
- South Eastern Sydney, Northern Sydney District and Sydney Districts
- South Western Sydney District
- Mid North Coast, New England and Northern NSW Districts
- Data Set
- Out of Home Care (OOHC) Data Set
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- Data Element
- Care Category: Legal Responsibility, Group Label X(50)
- Data Set
- Out of Home Care (OOHC) Data Set
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- Data Element
- Person: Case Management, Label A(4)
- Data Set
- Out of Home Care (OOHC) Data Set
Comments
Data ageing:
- Data ageing is two months, unless otherwise indicated. Therefore, the data for this measure 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 has replaced District for disaggregation in OOHC.
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 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
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