South West region

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Regional map

South West 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 no.3235.0.55.001) unpublished data.

South West Queensland regional data for 2009-10 to 2010-11
	2009-10	2010-11
Intake
Intakes	16,273	13,620
Child concern reports	14,276	11,589
Notifications	1,997	2,031
Children subject to a child concern report	9,004	7,606
Children subject to a notification	1,826	1,817

Investigation and assessment
Admissions to assessment orders	425	293
Temporary assessment orders	182	149
Court assessment orders	243	144
Substantiations	902	973
In need of protection	620	597
Not in need of protection	282	376
Children subject to a substantiation	820	891

Ongoing intervention ^(a)
Total children subject to ongoing intervention	1,777	1,897
Intervention with parental agreement	277	377 ^(c)
Child protection orders (CPO)	1,500	1,560
Children subject to protective orders (CPO and CAO)	1,507	1,568
Children living away from home	1,424	1,472
Percentage of Indigenous children living away from home placed with kin, other Indigenous carers or Indigenous residential care services	49.6%	46.5%
Approved carer families ^(b)	675	696

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 This included closing down those records where a carer was no longer caring for a child, or the approval was no longer valid.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