Intake is the initial decision making point where the department determines its response to reports of suspected harm or risk of harm to a child or unborn child who may be at risk of harm after he or she is born.
It is initiated when professionals, family members or members of the public contact the department with concerns of harm or risk of harm to a child.
Each day, Regional Intake Services receive information from a variety of sources including parents, neighbours, health sources, friends and relatives, police and school personnel with concerns for children and young people.
The department may respond by:
Number of intake responses to child protection reports, by response type, Queensland, 2015-16 to 2019-20
Year | Child concern report - protective advice response | Notification recorded - investigation and assessment response |
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2006-07 | 41615 | 28511 |
2007-08 | 46882 | 25003 |
2008-09 | 59662 | 23408 |
2009-10 | 79471 | 21885 |
2010-11 | 90863 | 21655 |
Proportion of intakes by primary source, Queensland, 2019-20
Year | Parent/ guardian | Other relative | Friend/ neighbour | School personnel | Police | Health sources | All other sources |
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2009-10 | 12.7 % | 5.7 % | 5.3 % | 13.1 % | 35 % | 11.9 % | 16.3 % |
2010-11 | 12.8 % | 6.2 % | 5.7 % | 12.7 % | 35.3 % | 12.1 % | 15.2 % |
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The department reports on the number of intakes (child concern reports and notifications) received each year. In 2019-20, there were 129,113 intakes relating to 76,207 children received by the department.
Over the past year, the number of intakes increased by 6.0 per cent, from 121,813 for 2018-19 to 129,113 for 2019-20.
In 2019-20, the major sources of intakes were school personnel (24.1 per cent) followed by parent/guardian (14.9 per cent) and health sources (13.2 per cent).
The number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children subject to an intake increased by 7.2 per cent from 17,268 children in 2018-19 to 18,511 children in 2019-20. The number of non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children subject to an intake increased by 2.5 per cent from 56,287 children in 2018-19 to 57,696 children in 2019-20.
Over the past five years there has been an increase of 30.0 per cent in total intakes received by the department, from 99,293 for 2015-16 to 129,113 for 2019-20.
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