Child safety services - children living away from home

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Contains open format machine-readable open data.

The department sometimes needs to remove a child from their home to ensure their safety. A child may be removed from their home during the investigation and assessment phase, or during ongoing intervention, to work towards either reunification of the family or long-term stable care for the child.

Data and Resources

Children in out-of-home care by placement type API XLSX
Admissions to out-of-home care during the reporting period by placement type.
Children in out-of-home care by Indigenous status by relationship to carer API XLSX
Children in out-of-home care by Indigenous status and relationship to carer
Indigenous children in out-of-home care by region by placement category API XLSX
Indigenous children in out-of-home care placed by region by placement category
Child Safety services—Out-of-home care admissions by placement type API XLSX
Admissions to out-of-home care (including foster carers, provisionally...
Child Safety services—Out-of-home care admissions by placement type API CSV
Admissions to out-of-home care during the reporting period by placement type.
Children exiting out-of-home care by age group API XLSX
Children who exited out-of-home care (including foster carers, provisionally...
Children exiting out-of-home care by Indigenous status API XLSX
Children who exited out-of-home care (including foster carers, provisionally...
Children in out-of-home care by placement type API CSV
Admissions to out-of-home care during the reporting period by placement type.
Children in out-of-home care by Indigenous status by relationship to carer API CSV
Children in out-of-home care by Indigenous status and relationship to carer
Indigenous children in out-of-home care by region by placement category API CSV
Indigenous children in out-of-home care placed by region by placement category
Children in out-of-home care by length in care API XLS
Children exiting out-of-home care during the year who had 1 or 2 placements,...
Children in out-of-home care by length in care API CSV
Children exiting out-of-home care during the year who had 1 or 2 placements,...
Children in out-of-home care by gender by age group by Indigenous status API XLS
Children in out-of-home care on the reference date by age grouping (under or...
Children in out-of-home care by gender by age group by Indigenous status API CSV
Children in out-of-home care on the reference date by age grouping (under or...
Children exiting out-of-home care by Indigenous status API CSV
Children who exited out-of-home care (including foster carers, provisionally...
Children exiting out-of-home care by age group API CSV
Children who exited out-of-home care (including foster carers, provisionally...
Children exiting out-of-home care by Indigenous status, length of time in care and number of placements API XLS
Children who exited out-of-home care (including foster carers, provisionally...
Children exiting out-of-home care by Indigenous status, length of time in care and number of placements API CSV
Children who exited out-of-home care (including foster carers, provisionally...
Children exiting out-of-home care subject to a protective order by length of time in care and number of placements API XLS
Children who exited out-of-home care (including foster carers, provisionally...
Children exiting out-of-home care subject to a protective order by length of time in care and number of placements API CSV
Children who exited out-of-home care (including foster carers, provisionally...
Children in out-of-home care on the reference date by age group and primary placement type API XLS
Individual children in out-of-home care (including foster carers,...
Children in out-of-home care on the reference date by age group and primary placement type API CSV
Individual children in out-of-home care (including foster carers,...
Children in out-of-home care on the reference date by primary placement type (including groupings) and Indigenous status API XLS
Individual children in out-of-home care (including foster carers,...
Children in out-of-home care on the reference date by primary placement type (including groupings) and Indigenous status API CSV
Individual children in out-of-home care (including foster carers,...
Admissions to assessment orders by order type and region API CSV
Admissions to assessment orders (including temporary and court assessment...
Admissions to assessment orders by order type and region API XLS
Admissions to assessment orders (including temporary and court assessment...
Children in out-of-home care on the reference date by age and gender API CSV
Individual children in out-of-home care (including foster carers,...
Children in out-of-home care on the reference date by age and gender XLS
Individual children in out-of-home care (including foster carers,...
Children in out-of-home care by Indigenous status by order by region API CSV
Children in out-of-home care on the reference end date by Indigenous status,...
Children in out-of-home care by Indigenous status by order by region API XLS
Children in out-of-home care on the reference end date by Indigenous status,...
Children in out-of-home care by Indigenous status and length in care API CSV
Children in out-of-home care on the reference end date by Indigenous status...
Children in out-of-home care by Indigenous status and length in care API XLS
Children in out-of-home care on the reference end date by Indigenous status...
Children in out-of-home care at any time by region by indigenous status API XLS
Number of children who were in out-of-home care at any time during the...
Children out-of-home care at any time by region by indigenous status API CSV
Out-of-home care is the provision of care outside the family home to children...

Additional Info

Field	Value
Data last updated	7 August 2024
Source
Version	1.0
Security Classification	PUBLIC
Used in data driven application	NO
Update Frequency	Not updated
Default data schema	[blank]
Data schema validation options	[blank]