Investigations and assessments
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When Child, Youth and Family received a report of concern, a social worker determined if further action was required and what was needed to happen to keep the child or young person safe. Not all reports of concern received by Child, Youth and Family resulted in further action as it might have become evident early in the process that there were no issues warranting statutory intervention. Cases requiring no further action might have received other support.
Total and distinct children and young people with reports of concern requiring further action, by notifier type
The table below shows the total number of children and young people with a report of concern requiring further action, by notifier type, and the number of distinct children or young people (ie each child or young person is counted only once in the period) with a report of concern requiring further action.
|
Notifier Group |
Reports of concern Jul 2015 – Jun 2016 |
Reports of concern requiring further action Jul 2015 - Jul 2016 |
Reports of concern Jul 2016 - Jun 2017 |
Reports of concern requiring further action Jul 2016 - Jun 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Court |
597 | 454 | 76% | 665 | 477 | 72% |
|
Education |
10,071 | 6,327 | 63% | 11,249 | 6,187 | 55% |
|
Police (family violence) |
6,937 | 3,141 | 45% | 7,621 | 2,655 | 35% |
|
Police other (ie reports of concern not related to family violence) |
22,193 | 11,255 | 51% | 19,830 | 9,249 | 47% |
|
Health |
12,013 | 6,073 | 51% | 11,879 | 5,258 | 44% |
|
Family |
8,285 | 4,145 | 50% | 7,309 | 3,322 | 45% |
|
Non Government Organisations1 |
4,899 | 2,826 | 58% | 5,073 | 2,629 | 52% |
|
Other Government1 |
10,104 | 5,681 | 56% | 10,328 | 5,624 | 54% |
|
Other notifiers |
9,129 | 4,787 | 52% | 7,886 | 3,574 | 45% |
| Total children and young people2 | 84,228 | 44,689 | 53% | 81,840 | 38,975 | 48% |
| Distinct children and young people (counted once in the period) | 60,605 | 37,093 | 61% | 59,317 | 33,029 | 56% |
1. Previously recorded under “Other notifiers”.
2. Some children and young people may have two or more reports of concern requiring further action in the same period.
Download the latest national and local level data
The file below provides further information for care and protection reports of concern requiring further action received about children and young people in the past five years. In addition to the national level information, where appropriate the information has been provided down to region, operational area, and site or subsite.
