Metadata for the Improving the lives of children and young people dashboard
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Dashboard 1: Addressing problems early
- Children and young people receiving an intensive family support service (IFSS) at any point during the year
- Children and young people commencing IFSS by gender or age group
- Children and young people commencing IFSS by Aboriginality
- Children and young people commencing IFSS by their living situation
Children and young people receiving an intensive family support service at any point during the year.
- Description
The numbers refer to the total number of Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal children and young people receiving IFSS at any point of time in the reporting period.
The percentage figures refer to the total number of Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal children and young people receiving IFSS at any point of time in the reporting period as a percentage of the total number of children and young people receiving IFSS at any point of time in the reporting period.
IFSS are defined as those funded services that aim to prevent imminent separation of children from their primary caregivers because of child protection concerns and those services which aim to reunify families where separation of children from their primary caregivers has already occurred for child protection reasons.
IFSS include unique children and young people participating in Intensive Family Services, Intensive Family Preservation, Brighter Futures program, Strengthening Families, Intensive Family Based Services (IFBS) and NGO IFBS collection.
- Publisher
- NSW Department of Communities and Justice
- Numerator
- The total number of Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal children and young people receiving IFSS at any point of time in the reporting period.
- Denominator
- The total number of children and young people receiving IFSS at any point of time in the reporting period.
- Data Filters
- Financial year
- 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
- DCJ and NGO Intensive Family Services
- Description
The numbers refer to the total number of children and young people commencing IFSS service provision by Gender (Male, Female and Other/Not stated) and Age group (0-4 years, 5-9 years, 10-14 years, 15-17 years and Age not unknown) in the reporting period.
The percentage figures refer to the total number of children and young people commencing IFSS by Gender (Male, Female and Other/Not stated) and Age group (0-4 years, 5-9 years, 10-14 years, 15-17 years and Age not unknown) in the reporting period as a percentage of the total number of children and young people commencing IFSS in the reporting period.
IFSS include unique children and young people participating in Intensive Family Services, Intensive Family Preservation, Brighter Futures program, Strengthening Families, Intensive Family Based Services (IFBS) and NGO IFBS collection. There may be some overlap of children and young people participating in IFBS and the other programs.
A child’s age is calculated at the commencement of the IFSS service.
- Publisher
- NSW Department of Communities and Justice
- Numerator
- The total number of children and young people commencing IFSS by Gender (Male, Female and Other/Not stated) and Age group (0-4 years, 5-9 years, 10-14 years, 15-17 years and Age not unknown) in the reporting period.
- Denominator
- The total number of children and young people commencing IFSS in the reporting period.
- Data Filters
- Gender
- Age group
- Financial year
- 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
- DCJ and NGO Intensive Family Services
- Description
The numbers refer to the total number of Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal children and young people commencing IFSS in the reporting period.
The percentage figures refer to the total number of Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal children and young people commencing IFSS in the reporting period as a percentage of the total number of children and young people commencing IFSS in the reporting period.
IFSS include unique children and young people participating in Intensive Family Services, Intensive Family Preservation, Brighter Futures program, Strengthening Families, Intensive Family Based Services (IFBS) and NGO IFBS collection. There may be some overlap of children and young people participating in IFBS and the other programs.
- Publisher
- NSW Department of Communities and Justice
- Numerator
- The total number of Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal children and young people commencing IFSS in the reporting period.
- Denominator
- The total number of children and young people commencing IFSS in the reporting period
- Data Filters
- Financial year
- 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
- DCJ and NGO Intensive Family Services
- Description
The numbers refer to the total number of children and young people commencing IFSS by living situation at the time of the service commencement in the reporting period.
The percentage figures refer to the total number of children and young people commencing IFSS by living situation at the time of the service commencement in the reporting period as a percentage of the total number of children and young people commencing IFSS in the reporting period.
IFSS include unique children and young people participating in Intensive Family Services, Intensive Family Preservation, Brighter Futures program, Strengthening Families, Intensive Family Based Services (IFBS) and NGO IFBS collection. There may be some overlap of children and young people participating in IFBS and the other programs.
- Publisher
- NSW Department of Communities and Justice
- Numerator
- The total number of children and young people commencing IFSS by living situation at the time of the service commencement in the reporting period
- Denominator
- The total number of children and young people commencing IFSS in the reporting period.
- Data Filters
- Financial year
- Living situation
- 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
- DCJ and NGO Intensive Family Services
Measure – Children and young people commencing IFSS by gender or age group
Measure – Children and young people commencing IFSS by Aboriginality
Measure - Children and young people commencing IFSS by living situation