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Table notes

Table notes refers to footnotes relating to changes or breaks in time series reporting, and only where the break has affected the total number of children/instances being counted.

• Child concern reports
• Notifications
• Substantiations
• Protective orders
• Child protection orders
• Short-term child protection orders
• Long-term child protection orders
• Living away from home
• Carer families

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Child concern reports

March 2005 – Recording of child concern reports commences. Previously, protective advice responses were recorded as a notification or in a separate category called protective advice.

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Notifications

September 2004 - Legislative amendments enabling the investigation of reports relating to unborn children come into effect.

March 2005 - All notifications recorded by the department now require an investigation to be undertaken.

March 2007 - Introduction of the Integrated Client Management System. Any new child protection concerns received by the Department that relate to an open notification or investigation and assessment are recorded as an additional concern and linked to the open notification/investigation and assessment. Previously, any new child protection concerns received by the Department were recorded as an additional notification.

July 2007 onwards – Matter of concern notifications are now reported separately in recognition that they relate to children who are living away from home in the custody or guardianship of the Chief Executive.

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Substantiations

September 2004 - Legislative amendments enabling the investigation of reports relating to unborn children come into effect.

July 2007 onwards – Matter of concern notifications that result in a substantiation are now reported separately in recognition that they relate to children who are living away from home in the custody or guardianship of the Chief Executive.

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Protective orders

Includes children subject to a finalised or interim child protection order or court assessment order, as at the last day of the reference period. If a child is subject to more than one type of order they are counted only once.

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Child protection orders

Includes children subject to a finalised or interim child protection order, as at the last day of the reference period. If a child is subject to more than one type of order they are counted only once.

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Short-term child protection orders

Includes children subject to a short-term finalised or interim child protection order, as at the last day of the reference period. This includes orders granting short-term custody/guardianship to the Chief Executive or a relative/kin, supervision orders, and directive orders. If a child is subject to more than one type of order they are counted only once.

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Long-term child protection orders

Includes children subject to a long-term child protection order, as at the last day of the reference period. This includes orders granting long-term guardianship to the Chief Executive, a relative/kin, or other suitable person. If a child is subject to more than one type of order they are counted only once.

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Living away from home

Counts the number of individual children living away from home as at the last day of the reference period.

Previously, figures included children placed with approved foster carers, kinship carers, provisionally approved carers and residential care services only. From July 2006, figures also include hospitals, Queensland youth detention centres, independent living and all other placements. Reporting this way provides a more complete picture of the number of children living away from home that the department has contact with.

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Carer families

Includes approved foster, kinship and provisionally approved carer families. Carer families are counted once only based on an approval hierarchy of foster, provisional, kinship. Approved kinship and provisionally approved carer families are counted only if they have a current placement.

May 2006 onwards - All carers were brought under the same regulatory framework as foster carers. Under the framework all kinship carers are now subject to the same level of suitability screening and the same obligations to provide care that meets the Standards of Care as foster carers.

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Last updated

2 September 2009