Child protection notification—investigation conclusion date, DDMMYYYY

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Investigation conclusion date (child protection notification)
Synonymous names:	Date investigation concluded
METEOR identifier:	456528
Registration status:	Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Community Services (retired), Recorded 19/08/2011 [Non Dictionary]
Definition:	The date on which an investigation into a child protection notification concludes, expressed as DDMMYYYY.
Data Element Concept:	Child protection notification—investigation conclusion date
Value Domain:	Date DDMMYYYY

Value domain attributes
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:	An investigation concludes when the investigation and assessment document is approved by a senior responsible officer. Conclusion of an investigation requires that a decision has been made regarding the appropriate outcome (i.e. substantiated or not substantiated). This data element may be used in conjunction with Child protection notification—investigation commencement date, DDMMYYYY to measure the length of time of an investigation.
Collection methods:	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 concluded on 1 July 2012, the date should be recorded as 01072012. When an estimate is required, all known fields should be entered (e.g. if year and month are known use 01MMYYYY; if the exact date is unknown but the reporting period to which it relates can be determined, use 0107YYYY). If the date is not known and can’t be estimated, record 01011900. If it is not applicable to record a date (i.e. the investigation was not concluded by the end of the reference period), record 01019999.
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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. Canberra: AIHW.
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Supersedes Child protection notification—investigation conclusion date, DDMMYYYY Community Services (retired), Standard 30/04/2008 See also 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 +	Notifications, investigations, and substantiations (NIS) DSS Pilot 2010 Community Services (retired), Recorded 19/08/2011 DSS specific attributes + DSS specific information: Conditional on the outcome of the notification assessment deeming investigation necessary. Notifications, investigations, and substantiations (NIS) file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 22/11/2016 Community Services (retired), Recorded 09/10/2014 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2011 Implementation end date: 30/06/2013 DSS specific information: Conditional on the outcome of the notification assessment deeming investigation necessary. Notifications, investigations, and substantiations (NIS) file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 22/11/2016 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2012 Implementation end date: 30/06/2014 DSS specific information: Conditional on the outcome of the notification assessment deeming investigation necessary. Notifications, investigations, and substantiations (NIS) file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 22/11/2016 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2013 Implementation end date: 30/06/2015 DSS specific information: Conditional on the outcome of the notification assessment deeming investigation necessary. Notifications, investigations, and substantiations (NIS) file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 20/04/2018 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2014 Implementation end date: 30/06/2016 DSS specific information: Conditional on the outcome of the notification assessment deeming investigation necessary. Notifications, investigations, and substantiations (NIS) file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 20/01/2021 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2015 Implementation end date: 30/06/2017 DSS specific information: Conditional on the outcome of the notification assessment deeming investigation necessary. Notifications, investigations, and substantiations (NIS) file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021 DSS specific attributes + Conditional obligation: Conditional on the outcome of the notification assessment deeming investigation necessary. DSS specific information: This collection requires a non-standard format for this data item: DD/MM/YYYY. Notifications, investigations, and substantiations (NIS) file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 11/05/2023 DSS specific attributes + Conditional obligation: Conditional on the outcome of the notification assessment deeming investigation necessary. DSS specific information: This collection requires a non-standard format for this data item: DD/MM/YYYY. Notifications, investigations, and substantiations (NIS) file cluster Children and Families, Standard 11/05/2023 DSS specific attributes + Conditional obligation: Conditional on the outcome of the notification assessment deeming investigation necessary. DSS specific information: This collection requires a non-standard format for this data item: DD/MM/YYYY.
Implementation in Indicators:	Used as Numerator Permanency Outcomes Performance Framework Indicators 2020–21: Indicator 1.2 children who were the subject of a substantiation and were not admitted to out-of-home care within 12 months of substantiation Children and Families, Standard 18/04/2023 Used as Denominator Permanency Outcomes Performance Framework Indicators 2020–21: Indicator 1.2 children who were the subject of a substantiation and were not admitted to out-of-home care within 12 months of substantiation Children and Families, Standard 18/04/2023