Table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations
      • Symbols used in tables
      • Technical notes
    • Summary
      • Main findings
  • Body section
    1. Introduction
      1. Child protection overview and processes
        • Reports to the department
        • Notifications, investigations and substantiations
        • Care and protection orders and out-of-home care
        • Family support services
        • Developments in child protection policies and practices
      2. The National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children 2009-2020
      3. Child protection data collections
        • Data sources
        • Data limitations
        • Key differences across state and territory collections
        • Changes in data systems
      4. Future directions for data collection
        • Unit record file development
        • Development of national framework indicators
      5. Purpose and structure of this report
    2. Notifications, investigations and substantiations
      1. Overview
        • Scope
        • Definitions
      2. Data and analysis
        • Numbers and rates of notifications, investigations and substantiations
        • Characteristics of children
    3. Care and protection orders
      1. Overview
        • Scope
        • Definitions
      2. Data and analysis
        • Numbers and rates for care and protection orders
        • Characteristics of children
    4. Out-of-home care
      1. Overview
        • Scope
        • Definitions
      2. Data and analysis
        • Numbers and rates of out-of-home care
        • Characteristics of children
    5. Intensive family support services
      1. Overview
        • Scope
        • Definitions
      2. Data and analysis
  • End matter
    • Appendixes
      1. Detailed tables
        • Notifications, investigations and substantiations
        • Care and protection orders
        • Out-of-home care
        • Trend data (prior to 2004–05)
        • Population data
      2. Technical notes
        • Calculation of rates
        • Identification of Indigenous status
      3. Mandatory reporting requirements
        • New South Wales
        • Victoria
        • Queensland
        • Western Australia
        • South Australia
        • Tasmania
        • Australian Capital Territory
        • Northern Territory
      4. Legislation
        • Child protection legislation
        • Legislative definition of ‘in need of care and protection’
      5. Policy and practice differences in states and territories
        • Notifications, investigations and substantiations
        • Care and protection orders
        • Out-of-home care
      6. Recent state and territory policy changes
      7. Jurisdictions’ data systems
        • Key differences between jurisdictions’ data systems
        • Relevant changes in data systems
      8. Inquiries into child protection services
    • Glossary
      • General definitions
      • Definitions for child protection notifications, investigations and substantiations
      • Definitions for care and protection orders
        • Age of child
        • Child subject to orders
        • Living arrangements
      • Definitions for out-of-home care
        • Age of child
        • Respite care
        • Type of placement
      • Definitions for intensive family support services
        • Age
        • Agency
        • Indigenous
        • Living situation
        • Location
        • Geographic area
        • Type of service
    • References
    • List of tables
    • List of figures