National Standards for Out-of-Home Care (2022)

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Indicator Set
Indicator set type:	Other
METEOR identifier:	759044
Registration status:	Children and Families, Standard 15/06/2022
Description:	The National Standards for Out-of-Home Care (NOOHCS) are a priority under the National Framework for Protecting Australia's Children 2009–2020. The National Standards have been designed to drive improvements and deliver consistency in the quality of care, so that children and young people in out-of-home care have the same opportunities as their peers to reach their potential in life. There are 23 indicators under the National Standards, but not all indicators are currently reportable.

Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	See also National Framework for Protecting Australia's Children 2009-2020 (2021) Children and Families, Superseded 15/06/2022 See also National Framework for Protecting Australia's Children 2009-2020 (2022) Children and Families, Standard 15/06/2022 Supersedes National Standards for Out-of-Home Care (2021) Children and Families, Superseded 15/06/2022
Indicators linked to this Indicator set:	National Standards for Out-of-Home Care: Indicator 1.1–Stability, 2022 Children and Families, Standard 15/06/2022 National Standards for Out-of-Home Care: Indicator 1.2–Safety, 2022 Children and Families, Standard 15/06/2022 National Standards for Out-of-Home Care: Indicator 1.3–Sense of security, 2022 Children and Families, Standard 15/06/2022 National Standards for Out-of-Home Care: Indicator 1.4–Stability during the year, 2022 Children and Families, Standard 15/06/2022 National Standards for Out-of-Home Care: Indicator 10.1–Cultural support plans, 2022 Children and Families, Standard 15/06/2022 National Standards for Out-of-Home Care: Indicator 10.2–Sense of community, 2022 Children and Families, Standard 15/06/2022 National Standards for Out-of-Home Care: Indicator 11.1–Significant person, 2022 Children and Families, Standard 15/06/2022 National Standards for Out-of-Home Care: Indicator 12.1–Foster care households, 2022 Children and Families, Standard 15/06/2022 National Standards for Out-of-Home Care: Indicator 12.2–Foster carer household numbers, 2022 Children and Families, Standard 15/06/2022 National Standards for Out-of-Home Care: Indicator 12.3–Carer support, 2022 Children and Families, Standard 15/06/2022 National Standards for Out-of-Home Care: Indicator 13.1–Leaving care plans, 2022 Children and Families, Standard 15/06/2022 National Standards for Out-of-Home Care: Indicator 13.2–Leaving care, 2022 Children and Families, Standard 15/06/2022 National Standards for Out-of-Home Care: Indicator 2.1–Participation, 2022 Children and Families, Standard 15/06/2022 National Standards for Out-of-Home Care: Indicator 3.1–Placement of Indigenous children, 2022 Children and Families, Standard 15/06/2022 National Standards for Out-of-Home Care: Indicator 4.1–Case plans, 2022 Children and Families, Standard 15/06/2022 National Standards for Out-of-Home Care: Indicator 6.1–Literacy and numeracy, 2022 Children and Families, Standard 15/06/2022 National Standards for Out-of-Home Care: Indicator 8.1–Community activity, 2022 Children and Families, Standard 15/06/2022 National Standards for Out-of-Home Care: Indicator 9.1–Kinship placement, 2022 Children and Families, Standard 15/06/2022 National Standards for Out-of-Home Care: Indicator 9.2–Family connection, 2022 Children and Families, Standard 15/06/2022 National Standards for Out-of-Home Care: Indicator 9.3–Family contact, 2022 Children and Families, Standard 15/06/2022
Collection and usage attributes
Comments:	Available trend data from 2009 onwards for reportable indicators are published on the AIHW website (AIHW 2017). The year listed above for each indicator (e.g. 2021) refers to the year of publication, not the year of data. As data sources vary across the indicators, so too does the data frequency (e.g. annual, biennial, four-yearly).
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Steward:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Reference documents:	AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) 2017. National framework for protecting Australia’s children. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 9 December 2017, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/child-protection/nfpac/contents/summary. DSS (Department of Social Services) 2016. Protecting Australia's Children. Canberra: DSS. Viewed 29 September 2016, https://www.dss.gov.au/our-responsibilities/families-and-children/programs-services/protecting-australias-children.