Child protection Australia 2005-06

Child Welfare Series No. 40

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• Preliminary material 
  • Title and verso pages
  • Contents
  • 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 
     • 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
     • 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

  • 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

  •  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
• End matter 
  • 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
  • List of tables
  • List of figures

Notes and corrections

1. An amendment has been made to page 56 to correct the figure relating to the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home at 30 June 2006 (29 January 2007).
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2. Amendments have been made to Tables 2.8 (page 27), 3.10 (page 45) and 4.8 (page 57) to include the rate ratio of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children to other children.
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3. An amendment has been made to Table 2.6 (page 25) and Table 2.8 (page 27) to correct the figure relating to the rate of children in who were the subject of a substantiation in Tasmania during 2005 - 06. For Table 2.6 the rate has been amended from 5.2 to 5.9 and for Table 2.8 the rate has been amended from 6.1 to 5.9 (December 2007).
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