North Coast region

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Regional map

North Coast Region

Notes:

Estimated residential population as at 30/6/2009 based on Australian Bureau of Statistics, Population by Age and Sex, Australia and States (Cat. no.3235.0.55.001) unpublished data.

North Coast regional data for 2009-10 to 2010-11
	2009-10	2010-11
Intake
Intakes	12,522	15,816
Child concern reports	9,647	13,066
Notifications	2,875	2,750
Children subject to a child concern report	6,943	8,899
Children subject to a notification	2,542	2,395

Investigation and assessment
Admissions to assessment orders	235	240
Temporary assessment orders	122	112
Court assessment orders	113	128
Substantiations	1,044	996
In need of protection	571	560
Not in need of protection	473	436
Children subject to a substantiation	940	897

Ongoing intervention ^(a)
Total children subject to ongoing intervention	1,334	1,134
Intervention with parental agreement	465	188^(c)
Child protection orders (CPO)	869	946
Children subject to protective orders (CPO and CAO)	873	951
Children living away from home	866	920
Percentage of Indigenous children living away from home placed with kin, other Indigenous carers or Indigenous residential care services	50.6%	51.9%
Approved carer families^(b)	560	554

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 This included closing down those records where a carer was no longer caring for a child, or the approval was no longer valid.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.