Carer household

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Object Class
METEOR identifier:	531758
Registration status:	Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Community Services (retired), Recorded 21/02/2014
Definition:	A ‘carer household’ is a private household containing one or more carers: who have undergone the relevant screening/selection and approval process; and; who have received authorisation from the relevant department or agency to enable a child to be placed in their care, including carers who have received provisional authorisation; and for whom reimbursement is available from a government authority or non-government organisation for expenses incurred in caring for the child; and who are part of an ongoing review process.

Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Steward:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Reference documents:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2013. Child protection national minimum data set, data collection manual 2012-13. Canberra: AIHW.

Relational attributes
Data Element Concepts implementing this Object Class:	Carer household—authorised carer Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Community Services (retired), Recorded 21/03/2014 Carer household—care authorisation end date Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Community Services (retired), Recorded 20/03/2014 Carer household—care authorisation start date Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Community Services (retired), Recorded 21/03/2014 Carer household—care authorisation type Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Community Services (retired), Recorded 20/03/2014 Carer household—caregiver type Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Community Services (retired), Recorded 21/02/2014 Carer household—household identifier Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Community Services (retired), Recorded 21/02/2014 Carer household—Indigenous status Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Community Services (retired), Recorded 21/03/2014 Carer household—new carer household indicator Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Community Services (retired), Recorded 20/03/2014