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Service event—living arrangement type, care arrangement code N[N]

Data Element Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termCare arrangement type
METEOR identifier:Help on this term741643
Registration status:Help on this term

Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021

Definition:Help on this term

The type of care arrangement in which a person under the care of a department responsible for child protection resides, as represented by a code.

Data Element Concept:Help on this termService event—living arrangement type
Value Domain:Help on this termCare arrangement code N[N]

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termCode
Data type:Help on this termNumber
Format:Help on this termN[N]
Maximum character length:Help on this term2
  ValueMeaning
Permissible values:Help on this term1Out-of-home care placement
  2Other placement type
Supplementary values:Help on this term99
 
Not stated/inadequately described
 

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

CODE 1   Out-of-home care placement

This describes the situation where a child is not living with their parents. This includes foster care, relative or kinship care, family group homes, residential care and private boarding.

CODE 2   Other placement type

Used for placements that are not formal out-of-home care living arrangements. This includes situations where a child is on a third party parental order, or in a non-out-of-home care placement but on an order that transfers full or partial parental responsibility to an agent of the State.

CODE 99  Not stated/inadequately described

Is used when the care arrangement in which a child lives is not recorded or is unknown.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Origin:Help on this term

AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) 2018. Child protection national minimum data set, data collection manual 2017-18. Canberra: AIHW.

Data element attributes Help on this term

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

The living arrangement type refers to the care arrangement of the child at a particular point in time.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Steward:Help on this termAustralian Institute of Health and Welfare
Origin:Help on this term

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2017. Child protection and support services National Minimum Data Set, data collection manual 2016-17. Canberra: AIHW.

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Has been superseded by Service event—living arrangement type, care arrangement code N[N]

Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
Safety in care (SC) file cluster

Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021


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