Metadata for the Improving the lives of children and young people dashboard

• Children and young people in OOHC by care arrangement and parental responsibility
• Foster carer and relative/kinship carer households
• Children and young people in OOHC with a current and approved leaving care plan as at 30 June

Measure – Children and young people in OOHC by care arrangements and parental responsibility

Description

The numbers refer to the total number of children and young people in OOHC by care arrangements and parental responsibility as at 30 June.

The percentage figures refer to the total number of children and young people in OOHC by care arrangements and parental responsibility as at 30 June as a percentage of the total number of children and young people in OOHC as at 30 June.

Publisher

NSW Department of Communities and Justice

Numerator

The total number of children and young people in OOHC by care arrangements and parental responsibility as at 30 June.

Denominator

The total number of children and young people in OOHC as at 30 June.

Data Filters

• Financial year end
• Care arrangement
• Parental responsibility

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 result as at 30 June 2018 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

Measure – Foster carer and relative/kin carer households

Description

This refer to the total number of children and young people in foster carer households and relative/kinship carer households as at 30 June/in the reporting period.

The total pool of foster care and relative/kin carer households is defined as those who have one or more children and young people placed in their care in the last two years.

Data for the 2017-18 financial year is unavailable.

Publisher

NSW Department of Communities and Justice

Numerator

Not applicable

Denominator

Not applicable

Data Filters

• Households
• Financial year end
• Carer
• Parental responsibility

Data Limitations

Nil

Data Source

KiDS – Corporate Information Warehouse (CIW) for annual data up to 2016-17

Measure – Children and young people in OOHC with a current and approved leaving care plan as at 30 June

Description

The numbers refer to the total number of Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal children and young people in OOHC with a current and approved leaving care plan as at 30 June.

The percentage figures refer to the total number of Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal total number of young people aged 15-17 years in OOHC with parental responsibility to the Minister as at 30 June who had a current leaving care plan as a percentage of the total number of Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal children and young people aged 15-17 years in OOHC with parental responsibility to the Minister as at 30 June who entered care before 1 April of the reporting year.

Note: caseworkers are required to complete a leaving care plan after 90 days in care for a young person.

Data as at 30 June 2018 for this measure is unavailable.

Publisher

NSW Department of Communities and Justice

Numerator

The total number of Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal young people aged 15-17 years in OOHC with parental responsibility to the Minister as at 30 June who had a current leaving care plan.

Denominator

The total number of Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal children and young people aged 15-17 years in OOHC with parental responsibility to the Minister as at 30 June who entered care before 1 April of the reporting year.

Data Filters

• Aboriginality
• Care plan

Data Limitations

Nil

Data Source

KiDS – Corporate Information Warehouse (CIW) for annual data up to 2016-17