Child protection notification—investigation commencement date, DDMMYYYY

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
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 attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes
Data element concept:	Child protection notification—investigation commencement date
METEOR identifier:	316534
Registration status:	Community Services (retired), Standard 30/04/2008
Definition:	The point in time an investigation began concerning a notification.
Object class:	Child protection notification
Property:	Investigation commencement date

Value domain attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes
Value domain:	Date DDMMYYYY
METEOR identifier:	270566
Registration status:	Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Community Services (retired), Standard 01/03/2005 Housing assistance, Standard 01/03/2005 Early Childhood, Standard 21/05/2010 Homelessness, Standard 23/08/2010 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (retired), Standard 31/10/2012 WA Health, Standard 06/03/2014 Indigenous, Standard 11/08/2014 Disability, Standard 07/10/2014 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Tasmanian Health (retired), Standard 31/08/2016 Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Youth Justice, Standard 15/02/2022 Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Standard 30/08/2022 Aged Care, Standard 30/06/2023 Commonwealth Department of Health (retired), Retired 19/10/2023 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Standard 23/09/2025
Definition:	The day of a particular month and year.

Representational attributes
Representation class:	Date
Data type:	Date/Time
Format:	DDMMYYYY
Maximum character length:	8

Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

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
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: All attributes +	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