RISK OF HARMS : Number of investigations, by source of notification, states and territories, 2008–09
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- Category: Uncategorised
- Created: Thursday, 28 October 2010 20:57
- Written by Alecomm
|
Source of notification |
NSW |
Vic |
Qld(a) |
WA |
SA |
Tas(b) |
ACT |
NT |
|
Subject child |
360 |
— |
164 |
33 |
83 |
1 |
8 |
7 |
|
Parent/guardian |
10,756 |
639 |
1,803 |
324 |
315 |
66 |
80 |
105 |
|
Sibling |
192 |
47 |
164 |
7 |
12 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
|
Other relative |
7,785 |
679 |
1,548 |
390 |
461 |
98 |
100 |
219 |
|
Friend/neighbour |
5,062 |
555 |
1,544 |
177 |
277 |
85 |
116 |
100 |
|
Medical practitioner |
713 |
346 |
3,617 |
92 |
842 |
39 |
11 |
65 |
|
Other health personnel |
3,995 |
691 |
. . |
29 |
177 |
111 |
33 |
57 |
|
Hospital/health centre |
23,083 |
695 |
. . |
535 |
15 |
79 |
195 |
427 |
|
Social worker |
1,336 |
44 |
. . |
— |
1,139 |
304 |
20 |
75 |
|
School personnel |
17,579 |
1,391 |
2,988 |
575 |
640 |
327 |
333 |
367 |
|
Child care personnel |
2,369 |
— |
225 |
35 |
123 |
19 |
26 |
13 |
|
Police |
44,119 |
2,480 |
6,037 |
1,037 |
1,333 |
759 |
437 |
787 |
|
Departmental officer |
2,841 |
31 |
2,445 |
423 |
42 |
233 |
255 |
209 |
|
Non-government organisation |
12,821 |
939 |
864 |
85 |
62 |
12 |
230 |
175 |
|
Anonymous |
7,935 |
— |
779 |
69 |
179 |
22 |
41 |
54 |
|
Other© |
10,313 |
1,465 |
1,168 |
350 |
214 |
53 |
93 |
155 |
|
Not stated |
— |
1,215 |
62 |
1 |
6 |
242 |
4 |
2 |
|
Total |
151,259 |
11,217 |
23,408 |
4,162 |
5,920 |
2,455 |
1,985 |
2,819 |
. . Not applicable.
— Nil or rounded to zero.
(a) In Queensland, with the introduction of the Integrated Client Management System in March 2007, the primary source category of Social Worker, Hospital/Health Centre and Other Health were discontinued. From March 2007 social workers are primarily recorded in the Departmental Officer or Non-Government Organisation categories, and health sources are primarily recorded in the Medical Practitioner category.
(b) Data reported for Tasmania aligns with the AIHW counting rules except in the case of notifications received from Departmental officers which could also be classified in another category (for example, social worker). Notifications from Departmental officers were assigned to the category of Departmental officer regardless of whether the source of notification could be classified in other categories.
© ‘Other’ category may include the person responsible.
Notes
1. Investigations include ‘Investigations finalised’, ‘Investigations in process’ and ‘Investigations closed—no outcome possible’.
2. Includes children aged 0–17 years and children of unknown age.
Source: AIHW Child Protection Collections 2009.
