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Long term child protection orders data

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• What are long-term protection orders?
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Tables

Children subject to long-term protection orders

• Children subject to long-term child protection orders, departmental zone by sex and Indigenous status, Queensland, as at 30 June 2004 to 31 March 2009 (Excel 31 KB)
• Children subject to long-term child protection orders, age by sex and Indigenous status, as at 30 June 2004 to 2008(Excel 35 KB)

Quarterly data

• Children subject to long-term child protection orders, departmental zone by sex and Indigenous status, Queensland, as at 30 June 2004 to 31 March 2009 (Excel 31 KB)

The following tables refer to children subject to short term and long term child protection orders.

• Children subject to child protection orders, by sex and age group, Queensland, as at 30 June 2004 to 2008 (Excel 26 KB)
• Children subject to child protection orders, by Indigenous status, Queensland, as at 30 June 2004 to 2008 (Excel 22 KB)
• Children subject to child protection orders, by primary placement, Queensland, as at 30 June 2004 to 2008 (Excel 27 KB)
• Children subject to child protection orders by Indigenous status, rate per 1,000 children (aged 0-17 years), Queensland, as at 30 June 2004 to 2008 (Excel 23 KB)
• Children subject to child protection orders, by departmental zone, Queensland, as at 30 June 2004 to 2008 (Excel 23 KB)

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Map

• Service centre zones and data
  Map of zones and service centre data for the years 2004 through to 2008.

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What are child long-term protection orders?

Children who cannot be safely returned to their parents require stable, long-term out-of-home care. To achieve this, the department can make an application to the Childrens Court for a long-term child protection order.

There are three different types of long-term orders:

• long-term guardianship orders that grant guardianship to the chief executive (Director-General)
• long-term guardianship orders that grant guardianship to a relative
• long-term guardianship orders that grant guardianship to another suitable person.

Guardianship matters about children in the child protection system are defined in the Child Protection Act 1999. A person who has custody of a child is responsible for their daily care.

A person who has guardianship of a child effectively has parental responsibility for their daily care and makes decisions about their long-term welfare and development.

Examples of decisions that must be made by the guardian of a child include medical procedures such as immunisation and blood tests, and decisions about the child's education such as enrolling in a new school or participating in work experience.

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Why this topic is important

Long-term child protection orders are an essential part of the child protection system as they enable the department to pursue long-term, stable living arrangements for children who cannot be safely reunified with their families.

Trends

Of the 6,942 children subject to child protection orders as at 30 June 2008, 4,209 were subject to short-term orders and 2,733 were subject to long-term orders.

Over the period 30 June 2004 to 30 June 2008 the number of children subject to long-term orders increased by 48.2 per cent (from 1,844 to 2,733).

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Protective orders

Protective order counts also include those children subject to an assessment order (court assessment order) during an investigation and assessment. This measure is provided for national reporting to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare in accordance with nationally agreed reporting definitions and is also used within Queensland as a measure of the total number of children subject to an order (whether it be an assessment order or child protection order) on a certain date.

Protective orders

All short-term and long-term child protection orders and court assessment orders.

• Children subject to protective orders,by sex and age group, Queensland, as at 30 June 2003 to 2008 (Excel 23 KB)
• Children subject to protective orders, by Indigenous status, Queensland, as at 30 June 2003 to 2008 (Excel 23 KB)
• Children subject to protective orders, by placement type, Queensland, as at 30 June 2003 to 2008 (Excel 25 KB)
• Children subject to protective orders by Indigenous status, rate per 1,000 children (aged 0-17 years), Queensland, as at 30 June 2003 to 2008 (Excel 22 KB)
• Children subject to protective orders, by departmental zone, Queensland, as at 30 June 2004 to 2008 (Excel 23 KB)

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Last updated

28 August 2009