Characteristics of parents involved in the Queensland child protection system is a series of reports building a picture of the families we work with.
Report 1: Demographic profile details the types of households, Indigenous as well as young parent households, the types of harm that occur and households where a child was assessed as being in need of protection.
Report 2: Parental risk factors for abuse and neglect focuses on parental risk factors such as domestic violence, alcohol or drug problems and mental illness.
Report 3: History of contact with the Department examines the characteristics of households that have previously been involved in ongoing departmental intervention.
Report 4: Households with high needs children focuses on five child characteristics including: significant developmental or physical disability, medically fragile/failure to thrive, positive toxicology screen at birth, offending history and mental health/behavioural problem.
Report 5: Households by level of socio-economic disadvantage uses the Australian Bureau of Statistics Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage , to analyse the characteristics and environment of households in the child protection system by level of socio-economic disadvantage.
Report 6: Summary of key findings provides an overview of the key findings from the previous five reports and cross-analysis of the multiple risk factors facing children and families in the child protection system.
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