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Proportion of children and young people entering out-of-home care (OOHC) for the first time

Definition

A count of unique/individual children and young people entering out-of-home care (OOHC) for the first time, during the reporting period.

Indicator Summary

Numerator
Distribution/Table Path/Column
OOHC Reporting - Base Data Asset ChildStoryID
  AGED_M_END_DT
  CARE_CATEGORY
  DATE_FIRST_TIME_ENTRY_OOHC

 

The total number of children and young people entering OOHC for the first time by Aboriginality and age at entry during the reporting period.

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Denominator
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Computation

A count of distinct children identifiers entering into OOHC in the financial year, where care category is equal to 'OOHC'. A child's first time entering OOHC is determined by:

the date first entering OOHC falling within the reporting period.

the sequence number of the care category being = 1.

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Disaggregation
Distribution/Table Path/Column
OOHC Reporting - Base Data Asset ABORIGINAL_STATUS_FACS_GROUPED
  AGE_AT_ENTRY_INTO_CARE

 

Geographic

Distribution/Table Path/Column
OOHC Reporting - Base Data Asset DISTRICT
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Reporting Information

Published by NSW Department of Communities and Justice.

Framework Dimensions

Rationale

Out-of-home care: Children will be placed in OOHC, when they were the subject of a substantiation and require a more protective environment. OOHC is considered an intervention of last resort, with the current emphasis being to keep children with their families wherever possible. An attempt to subsequently reunite children with their families will be made through preservation programs. Placement within the wider family or community will be considered, especially under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle. 

The types of placements in OOHC includes home based care (in the home of a carer who is reimbursed for expenses in caring for the child); residential care in a residential building whose purpose is to provide placement for children and where there is paid staff.

Calculation rules

Computation Rule
Computation

A count of distinct children identifiers entering into OOHC in the financial year, where care category is equal to 'OOHC'. A child's first time entering OOHC is determined by:

the date first entering OOHC falling within the reporting period.

the sequence number of the care category being = 1.

Numerators
Distribution/Table Path/Column
OOHC Reporting - Base Data Asset ChildStoryID
  AGED_M_END_DT
  CARE_CATEGORY
  DATE_FIRST_TIME_ENTRY_OOHC

 

The total number of children and young people entering OOHC for the first time by Aboriginality and age at entry during the reporting period.

Disaggregation
Distribution/Table Path/Column
OOHC Reporting - Base Data Asset ABORIGINAL_STATUS_FACS_GROUPED
  AGE_AT_ENTRY_INTO_CARE

 

Geographic

Distribution/Table Path/Column
OOHC Reporting - Base Data Asset DISTRICT
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    Age of entry.

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    Aboriginality.

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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 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

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