Implementation of the Children's Services National Minimum Data Set: a feasibility study

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Publication table of contents

• Preliminary material
  • Title and verso pages
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations and acronyms
  • Preface
    • Executive summary
      • Consultations with the states and territories
      • Data mapping exercise
      • Consultation with Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
      • Conclusion and the way forward
    • Key findings
      • Face-to-face consultation with the state and territories
      • Data mapping
      • Degree of alignment to the CSNMDS
      • Non-financial data in the Report on Government Services
      • Consultation with the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
        • The way forward
• Body section
  1. Introduction
     • Background
     • Development of the Children's Services National Minimum Data Set
     • Implementation of the CSNMDS
     • Report structure
  2. Report on state and territory consultation prepared by Shina Consulting
     • The project's objectives
     • Overview of the consultation meetings
     • Provision of data manuals and documentation about data collections
     • Feasibility of integration of CSNMDS
     • Integration of departmental data systems
     • Policy planning and program delivery needs
     • Inefficiencies and duplication within systems
     • Other barriers to CSNMDS implementation
     • Conclusion
     • Consultations
     • CSNMDS implementation project
     • New South Wales
     • Victoria
     • Queensland
     • Western Australia
     • South Australia
     • Tasmania
     • Australian Capital Territory
     • Northern Territory
  3. The data mapping exercise
     • Data sources
       • Data sources that are largely common across jurisdictions
       • Where the jurisdictions differ
       • Alignment of state and territory collections to the CSNMDS
       • Non-financial data in the Report on Government Services
       • The National Preschool Census (previously known as the National Indigenous Preschool Census)
     • New South Wales
       • Overview
       • Key features of New South Wales's children's services data collections
       • Data coverage
       • Conceptual, question wording and/or scope differences
     • Victoria
       • Overview
       • Key features of Victoria's children's services data collection
       • Data coverage
       • Conceptual, question wording and/or scope differences
     • Queensland
       • Overview
       • Key features of the Queensland children's services census
       • Data coverage
       • Conceptual, question wording and/or scope differences
       • Additional information provided by DoC
     • Western Australia
       • Overview
       • Key features of Western Australia's children's services data collections
     • South Australia
       • Overview
       • Key features of South Australia's children's services data collections
       • Data coverage
       • Conceptual, question wording and/or scope differences
       • Preschool enrolment form
     • Tasmania
       • Overview
       • Key features of Tasmania's children's services data collections
       • Data coverage
       • Conceptual, question wording and/ or scope differences
       • Kindergarten enrolment form
     • Australian Capital Territory
       • Overview
       • Key features of ACT's children's services data collections
     • Northern Territory
       • Overview
       • Key features of the Northern Territory's children's services data collections
       • Data coverage
       • Conceptual, question wording and/ or scope differences
     • Report on Government Services (ROGS)
       • Summary
       • Key features of the ROGS children's services non-financial data collection
       • Data coverage
     • The National Preschool Census (formerly known as the National Indigenous Preschool Census)
       • Data coverage
       • Alignment to the CSNMDS
  4. Consultation with Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
     • Overview
     • Meetings with Australian Government departments
     • What is the Child Care Management System?
     • Incorporation of the CSNMDS data items into the Australian Government's child care data collections
     • Data reporting capability of the CCMS
     • Longer term direction of the CCMS
  5. Conclusion and the way forward
     • AIHW's suggestions on the path forward
• End matter
  • Appendixes
    • Appendix 1: Sectors and nomenclature
    • Appendix 2: Roles and responsibilities in children's services
    • Appendix 3: Key stages in the development of the CSNMDS
  • References