Queensland Government
Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services

Table of contents:

Queensland regional map

In August 2009 new Department of Communities regions came into effect. Annual data for 2009-10 onwards is reported against these new regions. Data for previous years are reported against the former child safety zones only and can be found in the zonal data section of this site.

Please select a region to see the child safety service centres in that location.

Queensland regional map South West South East Brisbane North Coast Central Queensland North Queensland Far North Queensland South East Brisbane Brisbane North Coast

Queensland data

Queensland regional data for 2009-10 to 2010-11
 2009-102010-11
Intake
Intakes 101,356 112,518
Child concern reports 79,471 90,863
Notifications 21,885 21,655
Children subject to a child concern report 55,080 60,553
Children subject to a notification 19,636 19,353
     
Investigation and assessment
Admissions to assessment orders 2,455 2,304
Temporary assessment orders 1,223 1,198
Court assessment orders 1,232 1,106
Substantiations 6,922 6,598
In need of protection 4,287 4,237
Not in need of protection 2,635 2,361
Children subject to a substantiation 6,218 5,941
     
Ongoing intervention (a)
Total children subject to ongoing intervention 10,606 10,327
Intervention with parental agreement 2,580 1,956(c)
Child protection orders (CPO) 8,026 8,371
Children subject to protective orders (CPO and CAO) 8,090 8,456
Children living away from home 7,809 8,063
Percentage of Indigenous children living away from home placed with kin, other Indigenous carers or Indigenous residential care services 53.8% 52.5%
Approved carer families (b) 4,043 4,125

Notes:

  • 1. The definitions used for each indicator are identified in the relevant tables on the Our performance site.
  • (a) Figures are point in time, as at final day of reference period.
  • (b) From 31 August 2009, enhancements to the Integrated Client Management System (ICMS) took place, including an audit and cleansing of carer records. This included closing down those records where a carer was no longer caring for a child, or the approval was no longer valid. As a result, carer families data reported for 30 September 2009 and onwards are not comparable to previous years. If the enhancements to ICMS had not occurred, it is estimated the number of carer families would have increased over 30 June 2009 levels by approximately 70 carer families per quarter. For example, as at 30 September 2009 the number of carer families would have been approximately 4,150.
  • (c) Prior to 2010-11 reporting, an audit and cleansing of intervention with parental agreement records in the Integrated Client Management System (ICMS) took place. This included closing down historical records where a child was no longer subject to intervention with parental agreement. As a result, data reported for 30 June 2011 and onwards is not comparable to previous years.