Child—case plan required indicator, yes/no/not applicable/not stated/inadequately described code N

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Case plan required indicator
Synonymous names:	Case plan required flag
METEOR identifier:	610414
Registration status:	Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016
Definition:	An indicator of whether a child is required by jurisdictional policy/legislation to have a current, documented and approved case plan, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:	Child—case plan required indicator

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

Number

Format:

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
1	Yes
2	No

Supplementary values:

Value	Meaning
7	Not applicable
9	Not stated/inadequately described

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

CODE 1 Yes

Use if the child was required by jurisdictional policy/legislation to have a current, documented and approved case plan on the night of 30 June in the reference period.

CODE 2 No

Use if the child was not required by jurisdictional policy/legislation to have a current, documented and approved case plan on the night of 30 June in the reference period.

CODE 7 Not applicable

Use if the child was no longer in scope on the night of 30 June in the reference period.

CODE 9 Not stated/inadequately described

Use if the child was in scope on the night of 30 June in the reference period, but it was unknown if a case plan was required (e.g. due to data quality).

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. AIHW: Canberra.

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

All attributes +

National out-of-home care standards (NOOHCS) 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Children and Families, Superseded 22/11/2016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:* Refers to a case plan at 30 June in the reference period. This data collection uses an alternate code set for this data element. Code 97 ('Not applicable') should be mapped to Code 7. Code 99 ('Not stated/inadequately described') should be mapped to Code 9.

National out-of-home care standards (NOOHCS) 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:* Refers to a case plan at 30 June in the reference period. This data collection uses an alternate code set for this data element. Code 97 ('Not applicable') should be mapped to Code 7. Code 99 ('Not stated/inadequately described') should be mapped to Code 9.

National out-of-home care standards (NOOHCS) 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:* Refers to a case plan at 30 June in the reference period. This data collection uses an alternate code set for this data element. Code 97 ('Not applicable') should be mapped to Code 7. Code 99 ('Not stated/inadequately described') should be mapped to Code 9.

National out-of-home care standards (NOOHCS) file cluster
Children and Families, Standard 20/01/2021

DSS specific attributes +
*DSS specific information:* Refers to a case plan at 30 June in the reference period. This data collection uses an alternate code set for this data element. Code 97 ('Not applicable') should be mapped to Code 7. Code 99 ('Not stated/inadequately described') should be mapped to Code 9.

National out-of-home care standards (NOOHCS) 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:* Refers to a case plan at 30 June in the reference period. This data collection uses an alternate code set for this data element. Code 97 ('Not applicable') should be mapped to Code 7. Code 99 ('Not stated/inadequately described') should be mapped to Code 9.

National Out-of-Home Care Standards (NOOHCS) file cluster
Community Services (retired), Incomplete 22/08/2012
Children and Families, Superseded 22/11/2016

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2012 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2013 *DSS specific information:* Refers to a case plan at 30 June in the reference period. This data collection uses an alternate code set for this data element. Code 97 ('Not applicable') should be mapped to Code 7. Code 99 ('Not stated/inadequately described') should be mapped to Code 9.

Child—case plan required indicator, yes/no/not applicable/not stated/inadequately described code N

Identifying and definitional attributes

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Source and reference attributes

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Source and reference attributes

Relational attributes

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