Outcomes Framework - Safety dimension

Safety – Indicators and indicative measures

Young South Australians are safe and nurtured

Children and young people live in safe housing

• Proportion of children and young people feeling concerned about family conflict
• Proportion of children and young people living in households with financial hardship^[1]
• Number of children and young people experiencing homelessness.^[2]

Children and young people are safe from preventable injury

• Number of children and young people presenting to emergency departments with potentially preventable hospitalisations^[3]
• Number of deaths of children and young people being attributed to preventable/unintentional injury
• Number of police cautions or fines issued for failing to safely restrain passengers under 16 years
• Number of children and young people 5-13 years attending a swimming safety program.^[4]

Children and young people are safe from abuse and neglect

• Number of children and young people being admitted to out-of-home care
• Proportion of children twelve months old or under being notified to the child protection system^[5]
• Proportion of children five years being notified to the child protection system.^[6]

Children and young people are safe from crime

• Proportion of children and young people feeling unsafe in their local area at night
• Number of children and young people who are victims of offences reported to police^[7]
• Number of arrests involving young people 10-17 years.

[1]  Households that spend more than 30% of their income on housing costs.
[2]  Homelessness numbers are estimated by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
[3]  Both preventable hospitalisations and preventable injuries are included.
[4]  Vacswim age range includes 5-13 years. Other preventable injury programs have also been considered eg BurnSafe, bike safety, life education and road safety programs.
[5]  A notification is recorded in the system when a report is made to the Child Abuse Report Line (CARL).
[6]  A notification is recorded in the system when a report is made to the CARL.
[7]  This measure includes against-the-person offences committed against children and young people, but excludes sexual offences because of the time lags in the reporting of sexual offences.