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BETTER PUBLIC SERVICES RESULT 4
SAFER KIDS: REDUCING ASSAULTS AND
ABUSE OF CHILDREN
RESULT ACTION PLAN
May 2017Contents
Minister’s foreword 1
Safer kids: reducing assaults and abuse of
children 2
Working together to achieve this Result 3
Measuring success 5
Future developments 8
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Published May 2017
Ministry for Vulnerable Children, Oranga Tamariki Private Bag 3004 Wellington 6011 New Zealand
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2Minister’s foreword
The Government has made good progress on reducing The new Ministry for Vulnerable Children, Oranga
assaults of children since we established this as a Better Tamariki, will lead the work on these reforms. It will also
Public Services Result area in 2012. We have halted the be ultimately responsible for achieving the new target,
10-year rise in children experiencing physical abuse, and but it will need the cooperation and support from the
the trend in the numbers is declining. Ministries of Health, Education and Social Development,
as well as Police and Corrections. The Ministry for
We have now renamed the Result Area as Safer kids:
Vulnerable Children, Oranga Tamariki will also require
Reduce assaults and abuse of children. We have also set
active support and feedback from families, communities
a much more ambitious target of reducing the number
and iwi to better design and deliver services and support
of children experiencing a substantiated incidence of
that work.
physical or sexual abuse by 20% by 2021.
Achievement of the new target will be supported by the
major system reforms, and the complete overhaul of
care and protection, that the Government is introducing.
These reforms include the establishment of a new
operating model, underpinned by an investment
approach. It will ensure that children and young people
are kept safe and secure, and achieve better outcomes,
by repositioning the system to put them at the centre of
investment decisions.
Hon Anne Tolley
Minister for Children
1Safer kids: reducing
assaults and abuse of
children
Reduce the number of children experiencing physical and sexual abuse
by 20 percent by 2021.
Many of our most vulnerable children and young people Actions already underway
experience assaults and sexual abuse, which can seriously
The previous BPS target focused on reducing physical
diminish their life chances and, in the worst cases, result
abuse towards children and young people. As a result,
in death.
there are a number of actions already underway that will
The Ministry for Vulnerable Children, Oranga Tamariki help to address the new, expanded target. These include:
will be formally established on 1 April 2017, providing a
•• The Family Start programme to get better outcomes
renewed focus and energy on improving the outcomes
for families and children, and to increase the focus on
for vulnerable children and young people, including
child abuse detection and prevention
those at risk of physical and sexual abuse.
•• An ‘educational assist’ package to make it easier and
Why this result is important for New Zealand faster for teachers to communicate their concerns to
the Ministry for Vulnerable Children, Oranga Tamariki
Every child and young person has a right to grow up
in a safe environment. Safety from physical and sexual •• Social workers in all low-decile (decile 1-3) primary
abuse sets the foundation for positive future physical schools
and mental development, helps children establish
•• Social workers in hospitals
effective relationships with their families, communities
and iwi, and breaks the negative cycle of deprivation and •• The continued expansion of the boundaries of
disadvantage. Children’s Teams, which have been established in 10
locations, and have accepted more than 3,000 children
•• A child protection alert system to show frontline
health workers previous concerns about a child, using
a ‘flag’ system to place an alert on the national health
index identifier.
2Working together to
achieve this Result
Actions to reduce the number of children experiencing •• Greater communication and coordination between
physical and sexual abuse will be at the centre of a major government agencies
programme of work within the Ministry for Vulnerable
•• Providing drug and alcohol treatment, and building
Children, Oranga Tamariki, with a greater focus on
parenting skills for parents who are in prison
prevention and early and intensive interventions.
•• Promoting sexual health and reducing sexual assaults
The Ministry for Vulnerable Children, Oranga Tamariki
will lead and be ultimately responsible for achieving •• Meeting the needs of parents with mental health and
the target, but will need cooperation and support from addiction problems.
Ministries of Health, Education and Social Development,
as well as Police and Corrections.
Continuous improvement, including using better
information to improve our decisions
The Ministry for Vulnerable Children, Oranga Tamariki will
•• Stopping programmes that are not working and
also require active support and feedback from families,
trialling new ways of working
communities and iwi to better design and deliver services
and support that work. •• Better understanding of risk factors that may lead to
vulnerability
Action areas
•• Supporting whānau/families to make better decisions
There is no single way to address this target. Actions will regarding the needs of their children and young
need to be taken across a number of areas, with the main people
focus on:
•• Using insights from the Investment Approach to re-
•• Reducing sexual violence towards children and young focus services on children’s outcomes
people
•• Improved information sharing across the sector
•• Reducing family violence directed at, or in the
•• Better service standards to ensure high quality of
presence of children and young people
services.
•• Reducing physical violence towards children and
young people Stronger engagement
•• Improving parenting skills •• Strategic partnering with iwi/non-Government
providers
•• Improving sexuality education and promoting healthy
practices •• Working with iwi to reduce impact of family harm.
•• Addressing parental mental health and addiction.
Priority actions
•• Putting a child’s long-term outcomes at the centre of
everything we do
•• Improving assessment of needs by multi-disciplinary
teams from Health, Education and the Ministry for
Vulnerable Children, Oranga Tamariki
3BETTER PUBLIC SERVICES RESULT 4
Responsibly manage Delivering Better Public Building a more
GOVERNMENT the Goverment’s Services in a challenging competitive and
Supporting the
PRIORITIES Christchurch rebuild
finances fiscal environment productive economy
BETTER PUBLIC Improving Strong Improving
Reducing long-
wellbeing of foundations Good start Reducing Better interaction
SERVICES term welfare
vulnerable for work and to life crime housing with
RESULT AREAS dependence
children life government
OVERARCHING
OUTCOME Safer kids: Reducing assaults and abuse of children
SUPPORTING Reducing the number of children experiencing Reducing the number of children experiencing
MEASURES any type of abuse repeat reports of concern
Reducing Reducing
Reducing Improving Addressing
INTERMEDIATE family violence violent crime Improving
sexual crime sexuality parental
directed at or in towards parenting
OUTCOMES towards education mental health
the presence of children and skills
children and health and addiction
children young people
Equitable outcomes across population groups
Better quality interventions
Areas of continued
Priority actions Principal levers Strategic priorities
work
Better target services Workforce Working together to achieve better outcomes for children and young people Better understanding
to address needs of development • Putting a child’s long-term outcomes at the centre of everything we do of children and young
vulnerable children people’s outcomes from the
and young people Quality systems and •• Improving assessment of needs by multi-disciplinary teams from Health, Investment Approach
processes Education and Ministry for Vulnerable Children, Oranga Tamariki
Co-design services •• Greater communication and coordination between government agencies Better information on impact
with young people, Better client and outcomes achieved
families and engagement • Providing drug and alcohol treatment, and building parenting skills for from prevention and early
communities who use parents who are in prison intervention services
Closer stakeholder
them engagement • Promoting sexual health and reducing sexual assaults
Strengthening the voice of
Look for opportunities Using better information to inform our decisions the child
Effective cross-agency
to align social services coordination • Better understanding of risk factors that may lead to vulnerability
to improve outcomes Better understanding and
• Supporting whānau/families to make better decisions regarding the needs of sharing of key data between
Effective contracting their children and young people
and partnering with Iwi Government, NGOs and Iwi
and non-Government • Using insights from the Investment Approach to re-focus services on
providers children’s outcomes
• Improved information sharing across the sector
• Better service standards to ensure high quality of services
Stronger engagement
• Strategic partnering with iwi/non-Government providers
• Working with Iwi to reduce impact of family harm
Taking action
• Stopping programmes that are not working and trialling new ways of
working
4Measuring success
The target for reducing the number of children and young people
experiencing assaults and sexual abuse is ambitious. It will mean reducing
the number of children experiencing physical and sexual abuse by 800.
Performance against the target will be measured using In addition to the target measure, we will also be tracking
Ministry for Vulnerable Children, Oranga Tamariki data on two supporting measures. These measures also have data
substantiated physical and sexual abuse. However, the limitations.
data has some limitations. For example, the target only
covers cases of physical and sexual abuse that have been
reported to the Ministry – some assaults and instances of
sexual abuse against children and young people are not
reported.
Raising the age of care to 18 is likely to increase the
number of reported assaults and sexual abuse, as more
children and young people will be covered by the
measure. The numbers will also be affected by changes in
the practice of government agencies.
Number of children who experience physical or sexual abuse
5000
4500
4090
4000
3272
3500 1039
3000 63
842
2500
50
2000
1500 2988
2390
1000
500
0
Mar-09
Mar-10
Mar-11
Mar-12
Mar-13
Mar-14
Mar-15
Mar-16
Mar-17
Mar-18
Mar-19
Mar-20
Mar-21
Jun-09
Jun-10
Jun-11
Jun-12
Jun-13
Jun-14
Jun-15
Jun-16
Jun-17
Jun-18
Jun-19
Jun-20
Jun-21
Sep-09
Sep-10
Sep-11
Sep-12
Sep-13
Sep-14
Sep-15
Sep-16
Sep-17
Sep-18
Sep-19
Sep-20
Dec-08
Dec-09
Dec-10
Dec-11
Dec-12
Dec-13
Dec-14
Dec-15
Dec-16
Dec-17
Dec-18
Dec-19
Dec-20
Children with a finding of physical abuse
Children with a finding of both physical and sexual abuse
Children with a finding of sexual abuse
Total number of children with a finding of either physical or sexual abuse
Source: Child, Youth and Family / Ministry of Social Development official data
5Children experiencing any type of abuse,
including emotional abuse and neglect
The main target measure will be supported by measuring
the total number of children experiencing abuse of any
type, including physical, sexual, emotional abuse and
neglect. This will ensure that we have a wide view of the
safety of children and young people, and how well we are
meeting their needs and addressing harm.
Number of children who experience any type of abuse (including emotional abuse and neglect)
25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
-
Jan08-D ec08
Jan09-D ec09
Jan10-D ec10
Jan11-D ec11
Jan12-D ec12
Jan13-D ec13
Jan14-D ec14
Jan15-D ec15
Oct08-Sep09
Oct09-Sep10
Oct10-Sep11
Oct11-Sep12
Oct12-Sep13
Oct13-Sep14
Oct14-Sep15
Oct15-Sep16
Jul08-Jun09
Jul09-Jun10
Jul10-Jun11
Jul11-Jun12
Jul12-Jun13
Jul13-Jun14
Jul14-Jun15
Jul15-Jun16
Apr08-Mar09
Apr09-Mar10
Apr10-Mar11
Apr11-Mar12
Apr12-Mar13
Apr13-Mar14
Apr14-Mar15
Apr15-Mar16
Source: Child, Youth and Family / Ministry of Social Development official data
6Children experiencing a repeat Report of Concern
within 12 months
The main target measure will also be supported by •• Delivers services and support to address the needs of
measuring and reporting the percentage of children who children and young people
experience a repeat Report of Concern within 12 months.
•• Supports children and young people in their transition
This will act as an indicator of how well the Ministry for
into independence
Vulnerable Children, Oranga Tamariki and the wider
children’s system: •• Coordinates follow up support across other
government agencies and non-government partners
•• Identifies risk factors and needs of vulnerable children
to prevent future vulnerability.
and young people
•• Determines which services and support would best
address the needs of children and young people
Number of total children notified to the Ministry for Vulnerable Children, Oranga Tamariki and percentage
that are repeat notifications
90k 100%
80k 76k 90%
70k
68k 80%
70k
64k
63k
Percentage Previously Notified
62k 61k 59k 70%
Number Children Notified
58k 58k
60k
60%
50k
47% 48% 48% 48%
45% 45% 46% 50%
40k 41%
37% 40%
34%
30k
30%
20k
20%
10k 10%
0 0%
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Total Children Notified R ate of R enotification
Source: Child, Youth and Family / Ministry of Social Development official data
7Future developments
We intend to improve the BPS Result 4 target by These measures will be developed using the insights
broadening it to better reflect the focus on improving the that will emerge from the actuarial model for vulnerable
lifetime wellbeing of vulnerable children and young children as part of the Ministry for Vulnerable Children,
people. The target will be informed by the development Oranga Tamariki’s Investment Approach.
of an actuarial model for vulnerable children. Insights
The Vulnerable Children’s Board will oversee the work
from this work will be significant and will help us direct
programme to address this target and will publish a more
our resources towards services and support that lead to
detailed Vulnerable Children’s plan by the end of 2017.
better long term outcomes for vulnerable children and
young people.
Supporting measures will be established to give a
balanced view of outcomes of children and young
people, which among others will include:
•• Physical and psychological safety
•• Stability of relationships and living arrangements
•• Security of living arrangements and access to services
and support
•• Physical and mental wellbeing
•• Physical, educational and cultural development.
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