DSS specific information:

The person identifier (ID) is the identifier for the child (the child protection client). Each ID is used by only one client and each client has only one ID.
 
The person ID in the Living arrangements file must appear in the Client file.

DSS specific information:

The suburb/town/locality name of the child's living arrangement.

DSS specific information:

The postcode of the child's living arrangement. Record code 9999 for 'not stated/inadequately described'.

DSS specific information:

The Statistical area level 2 (SA2) of the child's living arrangement. Record 99 for 'not stated/inadequately described'.

Conditional obligation:

Conditional on the child living in a funded out-of-home care placement provided by a funded agency.

DSS specific information:

This data collection uses an alternate code set.

Code 97 ('Not applicable') should be mapped to Code 7 ('Not applicable') in the data element.

Code 99 ('Not stated/inadequately described') should be mapped to Code 9 ('Not stated/inadequately described') in the data element.

Conditional obligation:

Conditional on the child being Indigenous and living in a funded out-of-home care placement provided by a funded agency.

DSS specific information:

 This data collection uses an alternate code set.

Code 97 ('Not applicable') should be mapped to Code 7 ('Not applicable') in the data element.

Code 99 ('Not stated/inadequately described') should be mapped to Code 9 ('Not stated/inadequately described') in the data element.

Conditional obligation:

Conditional on the child being Indigenous and living in a funded out-of-home care placement provided by a funded agency.

DSS specific information:

For the purpose of this data element cluster, the object class of this data element is understood to include residential care and family group homes, which are not private households.

DSS specific information:

Each carer household has only one ID. Each ID is only used by one carer household.

Each carer household may include one or more authorised carers (i.e. one or more Carer (person) IDs may be recorded under each carer household ID).

Code 97 'Not applicable' should be recorded if it is not applicable to record carer household ID (i.e. if the child is not living with a carer in a funded out-of-home care placement (e.g. living with parents, independent living, other living arrangements)).

For the purpose of this data element cluster, the object class of this data element is understood to include residential care and family group homes, which are not private households. This means that the carer household ID in the Carer household authorisation file will be a subset of the carer household ID in the Living arrangements file as residential care and family group homes are not included in the scope of carers in the carer household authorisation file.

Conditional obligation:

Conditional on the child being in a funded out-of-home care placement.

DSS specific information:

Where the funded out-of-home care placement was part of a preceding continuous episode of care, this is the start date of the first placement in the episode.

Episode of care is the period of time in which a child remains in out-of-home care. During this period, a child may have one or more different out-of-home care placements, including respite/temporary placements lasting less than 7 days. If a child has a return home or break of less than 60 days before returning to the same or different placement they are considered to be continuously in care during this period. However, any break of 60 days or more is deemed to be an exit from out-of-home care and will break the continuity of care.

Valid date, if applicable, occurs on or before 31 August following the reference period.

The date must be preceding 'Living arrangement start date'.

Note: Respite/temporary funded out-of-home care placements lasting less than 7 days should be included when determining the start date of a continuous episode of care.

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 living arrangement is not a funded out-of-home care placement or was not part of a preceding continuous episode of care e.g. this is the first placement in an episode of care), please record 01019999.

Conditional obligation:

Conditional on the child being in funded out-of-home care placements.

DSS specific information:

This data element should reflect an iterative count of the number of unique placements as at each record in the episode. If this cannot be provided the total unique placements for the episode can be recorded.