Child protection Australia 2006-07 provides comprehensive information on state and territory child protection and support services. The report contains data for 2006-07, as well as trend data on child protection notifications, investigations and substantiations, children on care and protection orders and children in out-of-home care. Detailed information on the characteristics of children in the child protection system is presented, specifically data on their age, sex and Indigenous status. In addition, for child protection substantiations, data on the family type and the source of notification are also included. For children on care and protection orders there are data on types of orders and living arrangements, and for children in out-of-home care there are data on types of placements and length of time in out-of-home care.
Authored by AIHW.
Published 23 January 2008; ISSN 1320-081X; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 751 1; AIHW cat. no. CWS 31; 116pp.; OUT OF PRINT
Developments in child protection policies and practices
Recent policy changes
The child protection data
Important differences among states and territories
Notifications, investigations and substantiations
Overview
Scope of the data collection
Categories used for notifications 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
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
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
Intensive family support services
Family support services
Intensive family support services data
End matter
Appendixes
Detailed tables
Child protection
Care and protection orders
Out-of-home care
Populations
Technical notes
Calculation of rates
Rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
Rates for other (Australian) children
Identification of Indigenous status
Children
Caregivers
Legislation
Child protection legislation
Legislative definition of 'in need of care and protection'
Mandatory reporting requirements
Glossary
References
List of tables
List of figure
Notes and corrections
The current version of the publication is presented above. Previous versions
of files that have been updated or corrected are presented below.
Page 60: Footnote (c) under Table 4.6 has been amended. Page 74: The figures in the 'residential care' and 'other' columns of Table A1.8 have been amended due to small errors in the Australian Capital Territory and Victoria data for this table
(29 February 2008).
