Child protection and support services (CPSS) - care and protection order episode NMDS (July 2007)

Conditional obligation:

DSS specific information:

Applicable only for children who have been on guardianship/custody orders for more than 12 months where the jurisdiction is in loco parentis.

A case plan is a written plan of action to be taken to provide the care and support required to ensure the safety and well being of a child or young person. The plan will generally include: allocation of parental responsibility; living arrangements; contact between the child or young person with his/her parents; and types of services to be provided.

Conditional obligation:

DSS specific information:

Applicable only for children who have been on guardianship/custody order where the jurisdiction is in loco parentis.

This item is applicable only to children who were admitted to a guardianship/custody order during the year. The date should be recorded when the case plan has been developed and agreed to by all concerned parties. This item should be completed each time a child is placed on a guardianship/custody order.

A case plan is a written plan of action to be taken to provide the care and support required to ensure the safety and well being of a child or young person. The plan will generally include: allocation of parental responsibility; living arrangements; contact between the child or young person with his/her parents; and types of services to be provided.

DSS specific information:

DSS specific information:

A date of expiry is when the order the child is under is no longer applicable. It should be recorded for each separate care and protection order episode. This can be for a number of reasons including:

The child is placed on a higher level order than the one they are currently on
The order expires
The child turns 18 years
The child moves interstate
The child dies
The child returns home and is no longer considered by the child protection authority to be in need of care.
In some circumstances, the date of expiry will be the same as the entry date from a previous episode, e.g. when a child moves directly from one level order to another level order.

If the order did not expire during the year, the date 11111111 should be used to indicate this.

If the date is unknown, the date 01011900 should be provided.

DSS specific information:

An entry date should be recorded for each separate care and protection order episode of the child.

A new episode will begin and an entry date will be recorded in the following circumstances:

A child is placed on a care and protection order for the first time in their life.
A child is placed on a higher level order than the one they are currently on.
The higher level order expires and the child is placed on a lower level order. This date will be recorded once the higher level order expires.
A child moves from one jurisdiction to another and the order is transferred to the second jurisdiction.
In some circumstances, the entry date will be the same as the exit date from a previous episode, e.g. when a child moves directly from one level order to a different level order.

This data item delineates a care and protection order episode and is qualified by reason for entry.

If the date is unknown, the date 01011900 should be provided.