Child protection notification—investigation commencement date, DDMMYYYY
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Investigation commencement date (child protection) |
METEOR identifier: | 316537 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Standard 30/04/2008 [Non Dictionary] |
Definition: | The date an investigation began concerning a notification. |
Data Element Concept: | Child protection notification—investigation commencement date |
Value Domain: | Date DDMMYYYY |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Date | |
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Data type: | Date/Time | |
Format: | DDMMYYYY | |
Maximum character length: | 8 |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | This date should be recorded when the investigation commences by a departmental case worker after the contact assessment decision is made. How the investigation commences will vary. For some it will be a phone call, for others it will be a visit to the child and/or persons involved with the child. This data element should always be recorded as an 8-digit valid date comprising day, month and year. Year should always be recorded in its full 4-digit format. For day and months with a numeric value of less than 10, zeros should be used to ensure that the date contains the required 8 digits. For example, if the investigation commenced on 1 July 2004, the date the investigation commenced should be recorded as 01072004. If the date is unknown, the date 01011900 should be provided |
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Comments: | This is important to measure the length of time between the receipt of a contact and the commencement of an investigation. It is also used to measure the length of time of the investigation. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | National Child Protection and Support Services data group (NCPASS). |
Origin: | Child protection and support services data dictionary. AIHW Version 1.0 Oct 2005. |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Child protection notification—investigation commencement date, DDMMYYYY Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Community Services (retired), Recorded 19/08/2011 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Child protection and support services (CPSS) - notifications, investigations, and substantiations NMDS (July 2007) Community Services (retired), Superseded 01/05/2008 Child protection and support services (CPSS) - notifications, investigations, and substantiations NMDS pilot (2008) Community Services (retired), Retired 06/02/2012 |