www.facs.nsw.gov.au Page 1 of 4 DCJ Guiding Principles Yarning Circle (GPYC) Dashboard This accessible text document provides a high - level view of the contribution of Department of Communities and Justice ( DCJ ) in supporting vulnerable Aboriginal children and young people to better achieve life wellbeing and outcomes It accompanies the interactive dashboard , published on the department’s website. O verview The Guiding Principles Yarning Circle D ashboard highlights the NSW overall and DCJ district service results between Aboriginal and non - Aboriginal children and young people in the child protection service system. Performance measures i n the dashboard are categorised to be report ed under the following three main themes : 1. Keep Aboriginal children and young people safe from harm – Aboriginal clients – this includes data on the top three primary reported issues, number of Aboriginal and non - Aboriginal children and young people involved in Risk of Significant Harm ( ROSH ) reports and proportio n of those involved in ROSH reports who were seen by DCJ caseworker s 2. Respectful partnerships with Aboriginal families and kin - data include s A boriginal children and young people in out - of - home care ( OOHC ) by caregiver and placement type , and the proportion of Aboriginal children and young people in OOHC placed with a relative or an Aboriginal caregiver. 3. Supporting the safety and wellbeing of Aboriginal children and young people while in care – this includes data related to Aboriginal and non - Aboriginal children and young people in OOHC by number of distinct placements, entering OOHC and entering for the first time , and in statutory OOHC placed with NGOs. The dashboard also includes an introductory section highli ghting the difference between the rate of Aboriginal and non - Aboriginal children and young people involved in ROSH reports, seen by DCJ caseworker s , and in statutory OOHC www.facs.nsw.gov.au Page 2 of 4 per 1,000 population aged 0 - 17 years in NSW and DCJ districts respectively. Introduc tory section In 2017 - 18 , the overall NSW rate for Aboriginal children and young people involved in ROSH reports was 197 per 1,000 Aboriginal population aged 0 - 17 years, 4 times the rate of non - Aboriginal children and young people (45 per 1,000 non - Aboriginal population aged 0 - 17 years ) The overall NSW rate for Aboriginal children and young people involved in ROSH reports who were seen by DCJ caseworker s in 2017 - 18 was 75 per 1,000 Aboriginal population aged 0 - 17 years, 6 times the rate of non - Aboriginal children and young people (12 per 1,000 non - Aboriginal population aged 0 - 17 years ). The rate for Aboriginal and non - Aboriginal children and young people in statutory OOHC per 1,000 population aged 0 - 17 years in 2017 - 18 was 59 and 5 respectively Aboriginal children and young people are 11 times more likely to be in statutory OOHC. 1. Keep Aboriginal children and young people safe from harm In 2017 - 18 the top three primary reported issues for Aboriginal and non - Aboriginal children and young people were N eglect, Physical abuse and Sexual abuse in NSW While both groups had the same top three primary issues, Neglect was more often reported for Aboriginal children and young people while Physical abuse was most often reported f or non - Aboriginal childr en and young people over the same period. This difference is consistent across previous years There were 18,454 and 73,553 Aboriginal and non - Aboriginal children and young people involved in ROSH reports in 2017 - 18 respectively. Of those Aboriginal children and young people involved in R O SH reports in 2017 - 18, 38.0% of them were seen by DCJ caseworker s This is much higher than that for non - Aboriginal children and young people in the same period (26.1%) www.facs.nsw.gov.au Page 3 of 4 It is important to n ote that the ‘children and young people seen by DCJ caseworker s ’ measure is a new performance measure which was introduced after ChildStory was in place during 2017 - 18 ; it is not directly comparable to the ‘children and young people receiving face - to - face assessmen ts’ measure published previously 2. Respectful partnerships with Aboriginal families and kin Of those 3,849 Aboriginal children and young people in relative and kinship care as at 30 June 2018, 62.4% or 2,400 Aboriginal children and young people were placed with an Aboriginal caregiver. Of those 2,641 Aboriginal children and young people in foster care as at 30 June 2018, 42.0% or 1,109 Aboriginal children and young people were placed with an Aboriginal caregiver. As at 30 June 2018 , 74% of Aboriginal children and young people in OOHC were placed with a relative or an Aboriginal caregiver 3. Supporting the safety and wellbeing of Aboriginal children and young people while in care There were 6,766 Aboriginal children and young people in OOHC as at 30 June 2018. Of these Aboriginal children and young people, 36.8% had three or more placements. There were 817 Aboriginal and 1,340 non - Aboriginal children and young people entering OOHC in 2017 - 18 78.2% of non - Aboriginal children and young people entering OOHC in 2017 - 18 were for the first time This is higher than the result of 72.9% for Aboriginal children and young people who entered OOHC for the first time. There were 7,766 children and young people in statutory OOHC who were placed with NGOs as at 30 June 2018. 34.7% or 2,695 of these children and young people in statutory care were Aborig inal children and young people and 65.3% were non - Aboriginal children and young people. It is important to note that due to the introduction of ChildStory , the OOHC counting rules have been changed. The result for the following www.facs.nsw.gov.au Page 4 of 4 topic of measures in the 2017 - 18 financial year is not directly comparable to historic data published previously and the historic data reported in this dashboard o Children and young people in OOHC o Children and young in statutory OOHC o Children and young people entering OOHC o Children and young people entering OOHC for the first time Endnotes This document presents some key statistics about the NSW overall performance results in 2017 - 18 . If you are unable t o use the interactive dashboards and need more granular information or other statistics , please contact us on FACSIAR@facs.nsw.gov.au Every effort has been made to ensure this document meets FACS Website Accessibility Policy. More information on the Policy can be found on the FACS Website Accessibility Page We continue to improve accessibility to let all users access our information easily. To view key DCJ Performance data, visit the FACS Statistics Page.