Child protection notification—no suitable caregiver indicator, yes/no code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | No suitable caregiver indicator |
METEOR identifier: | 455286 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Recorded 19/08/2011 [Non Dictionary] |
Definition: | An indicator of whether a notification was made to the Department responsible for child protection services in regards to a lack of suitable caregiver for a child, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Child protection notification—no suitable caregiver indicator |
Value Domain: | Yes/no/not applicable/not stated/inadequately described code N |
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: | A response of 'CODE 1 Yes' means a notification has been made that a child does not have a suitable caregiver, whereas a response of 'CODE 2 No,' means the notification is unrelated to the absence of a of suitable caregiver. This data element is used to collect information regarding instances where a notification has been made in regards to a lack of a suitable caregiver for a child. In these instances, the notification is not in relation to abuse or neglect, but rather, a caregiver is not available to care for a child. For example, both parents of a child die in a car accident and no caregiver is available to care for the child. The child may need to be placed in care, but not for reasons of abuse or neglect. In some jurisdictions, these cases are deemed to to require a child protection response and are treated as per other notifications, whilst other jurisdictions will not record these cases in this data collection. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Performance and Data Working Group |
Origin: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2010. Child protection and support services National Minimum Data Set, data collection manual for the 2010 pilot collection. AIHW: Canberra. |
Relational attributes | |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Notifications, investigations, and substantiations (NIS) DSS Pilot 2010 Community Services (retired), Recorded 19/08/2011 |