Child protection notification—source of notification, code N[N]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Source of notification |
METEOR identifier: | 455764 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Recorded 19/08/2011 [Non Dictionary] Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 |
Definition: | The person who, or organisation that, made the initial child protection notification to the relevant authority, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Child protection notification—source of notification |
Value Domain: | Child protection notification source code N[N] |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Steward: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | This data element refers to the personal or professional capacity of the person who is making the notification. For example, if a person contacts the department as a concerned neighbour and in the conversation it becomes apparent that this person is a police officer, this person is still recorded as a neighbour, as they did not call in their capacity as a police officer. The source of notification is classified according to the relationship to the child allegedly abused or neglected or harmed. |
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Collection methods: | This item should be recorded at the time of the notification to the Department responsible for child protection. If a notification is made more than once about the same event, then only the first notification is recorded. Therefore, only the first person to notify about the event should be recorded. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Research, Evaluation and Data Working Group (REDWG). |
Steward: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Origin: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2013. Child protection national minimum data set, data collection manual 2012-13. AIHW: Canberra. |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Child protection notification—relationship to child of source of notification, code N[N] Community Services (retired), Standard 30/04/2008 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Notifications, investigations, and substantiations (NIS) DSS Pilot 2010 Community Services (retired), Recorded 19/08/2011 |