Child protection Australia 2003-04

Child welfare series no. 36

Full publication

• Child protection Australia 2003-04 (581K PDF)

Publication table of contents

• List of tables (176K PDF)
• List of figures Acknowledgments Abbreviations
• Symbols used in the tables  
• Summary
  • Notifications, investigations and substantiations
  • Children on care and protection orders
  • Children in out-of-home care
• Sections
  1. Background (273K PDF)
     • Child protection systems
       • Reporting of child protection matters
       • The child protection process
       • Important differences among states and territories 
       • Changes in child protection policies and practices
       • Family support services
       • Recent policy changes
     • The child protection data
  2. Notifications, investigations and substantiations (296K PDF)
     • Overview
       • Scope of the data collection
       • Categories used for notification and investigations
     • Data and analysis
       • Number of notifications, investigations and substantiations
       • Characteristics of children
       • Rates of children in substantiations
       • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
       • Additional data on notifications and substantiations

  3. Care and protection orders (285K PDF)

     • Overview
       • Children who are in need of care and protection
       • Types of care and protection orders
       • Scope of the data collection
       • State and territory differences
     • Data and analysis
       • Admissions, discharges and orders issued
       • Trends in the number of children on orders
       • Characteristics of children on care and protection orders
       • Rates of children on care and protection orders
       • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children

  4. Out-of-home care (294K PDF)

     •  Overview
       • Children who are placed in out-of-home care
       • Scope and coverage of out-of-home care data collection
     • Data and analysis
       • Admissions and discharges
       • Trends in numbers in out-of-home care
       • Characteristics of children in out-of-home care
       • Rates of children in out-of-home care
       • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
  5. End matter (229K PDF)
     • Appendixes
       • Appendix 1: Detailed tables
         • Child protection
         • Care and protection orders
         • Out-of-home care
       • Appendix 2: Technical notes
         • Calculation of rates
           • Rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
           • Rates for other (Australian) children.
         • Identification of Indigenous status
           • Children
           • Caregivers
       • Appendix 3: Legislation
         • Child Protection legislation
         • Legislative definition of 'in need of care and protection'
       • Appendix 4: Mandatory reporting requirements 
     • Glossary 
     • References