Child—first care and protection order indicator, yes/no/not applicable/not stated/inadequately described code N

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	First order indicator (child protection)
METEOR identifier:	655240
Registration status:	Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016
Definition:	An indicator of whether a child has been placed on a care and protection order for the first time in the reporting jurisdiction, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:	Child—first care and protection order indicator
Value Domain:	Yes/no/not applicable/not stated/inadequately described code N

Value domain attributes
Representational attributes
Representation class:	Code
Data type:	Number
Format:	N
Maximum character length:	1
	Value	Meaning
Permissible values:	1	Yes
	2	No
Supplementary values:	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:	Whether the current order is the first order that has been applied to a child within the jurisdiction. CODE 1 Yes Record this code if this is the first instance of a care and protection order for the child in the jurisdiction. CODE 2 No Record this code if the child has previously been on a care and protection order in the jurisdiction.
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) 2014. Child protection national minimum data set, data collection manual 2013-14. Canberra: AIHW.
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Supersedes Child—first care and protection order indicator, yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Community Services (retired), Recorded 19/08/2011
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes +	Care and protection order (CPO) file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 22/11/2016 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2012 Implementation end date: 30/06/2014 DSS specific information: Code 9 'Not stated/inadequately described' in the data element is equivalent to code 99 in the Child protection national minimum data set collection manual. Care and protection order (CPO) file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 22/11/2016 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2013 Implementation end date: 30/06/2015 DSS specific information: Code 9 'Not stated/inadequately described' in the data element is equivalent to code 99 in the Child protection national minimum data set collection manual. Care and protection order (CPO) 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: Code 9 'Not stated/inadequately described' in the data element is equivalent to code 99 in the Child protection national minimum data set collection manual. Care and protection order (CPO) 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: Code 9 'Not stated/inadequately described' in the data element is equivalent to code 99 in the Child protection national minimum data set collection manual. Care and protection order (CPO) file cluster Children and Families, Superseded 11/05/2023 DSS specific attributes + DSS specific information: Code 7 'Not applicable' in the data element is equivalent to code 97 in the Child protection national minimum data set collection manual. Code 9 'Not stated/inadequately described' in the data element is equivalent to code 99 in the Child protection national minimum data set collection manual. Care and protection order (CPO) file cluster Children and Families, Standard 11/05/2023 DSS specific attributes + DSS specific information: Where a first order is indicated and there are other orders starting on the same date, all of these orders should be coded 1 ‘Yes – first instance of a care and protection order in this jurisdiction’. Code 7 'Not applicable' in the data element is equivalent to code 97 in the Child protection national minimum data set collection manual. Code 9 'Not stated/inadequately described' in the data element is equivalent to code 99 in the Child protection national minimum data set collection manual.