Glossary
- Case note
- A case note is used by Oranga Tamariki to record information for open cases, including where there is additional information relating to concerns that are already being assessed or investigated.
- Contact record
- A contact record is used by Oranga Tamariki to record decisions where the social worker has determined that no further action is required by Oranga Tamariki. It can also be used to record interactions where advice has been given or information has been shared and for family violence reports deemed as no further action by the local interagency family violence tables.
- CPP
- The Child Protection Protocol: Joint Operating Procedures is an agreement between Police and Oranga Tamariki when responding to allegations of serious harm. It outlines each agency’s responsibility and the process for investigation.
- Child Protection Team
- A Police team that provides specialist child assessment and investigation services for that have experienced sexual or physical harm.
- CYRAS
- The Oranga Tamariki administrative database – Care and Protection, Youth Justice, Residential and Adoption Services System.
- Decision Response Tool
- The practice tool used to decide on the appropriate report of concern response pathway.
- ECE services
- Early childhood education services. For the purposes of this report, we use ECE services to mean the diverse range, including education and care centres, kindergartens, kōhanga reo, home-based services, and playgroups and playcentres. The Ministry of Education is the (current) lead regulator.
- Enabling Communities
- An Oranga Tamariki initiative to better support tamariki and their . Oranga Tamariki is working with , Māori and communities to develop prototypes to shift decision making and resources to communities.
- Executive Board for the Elimination of Family Violence and Sexual Violence
- Previously known by its gifted name Te Puna Aonui, which is the name used in our previous report.
- Further action required
- A decision on a report of concern that there are care and protection concerns that require further assessment or investigation.
- Gateway assessment
- An interagency process between health and education services and Oranga Tamariki to identify the health and education needs of tamariki in care and how they will be supported.
- IDI
- The Integrated Data Infrastructure is a large research database maintained by Stats NZ. It holds de-identified data about people and households in . Results from IDI analysis are not official statistics. They have been created for research purposes from the IDI, which is carefully managed by Stats NZ. For more information about the IDI, visit www.stats.govt.nz/integrated-data.
- ISR (Integrated Safety Response)
- A multi-agency intervention designed to ensure the immediate safety of victims and tamariki and to work with perpetrators to prevent further violence. ISR is hosted by Police as part of the broader government work on family violence and sexual violence.
- Iwi
- Tribe
- Kaimahi
- Staff or staff member
- NCC
- The Oranga Tamariki National Contact Centre provides a 24/7 phone and online service where anyone can report concerns about the safety and wellbeing of tamariki and .
- No further action
- A decision on a report of concern that no further assessment or investigation is necessary.
- Oranga Tamariki hospital liaison
- The hospital liaison position provides interagency co-ordination and practice support between Oranga Tamariki and health.
- PFVDR
- Police family violence death review – undertaken by Police following a death from family violence.
- Rangatahi
- Defined by the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 as a young person or young people aged 14 or over.
- Practice Standards
- A set of eight standards for minimum practice that Oranga Tamariki social workers must meet. They include seeing and engaging with tamariki, ensuring safety and wellbeing of tamariki, and keeping accurate records, among others.
- Report of concern
- Any concern reported to Oranga Tamariki or Police that meets the definition under section 15 of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989.
- SAM (Safety Assessment Meeting)
- SAM tables are a multi-agency family harm intervention designed to respond to reported incidents of family harm.
- Shared Digital Health Record
- A Health NZ initiative that will enable a person’s core health information to be securely accessed across health settings nationally.
- SEN (Serious Event Notification)
- Information collated by Oranga Tamariki about serious harm to a child or a child death.
- Tamaiti
- Oranga Tamariki uses tamaiti to refer to a singular child.
- Tamariki Māori
- Children of Māori descent.
- Te Āhuru Mōwai
- The Oranga Tamariki site that assessed the reports of concern received for Malachi.
- Whānau
- People who are biologically linked or share whakapapa. For the Independent Children’s Monitor’s monitoring purposes, whānau includes parents, whānau members living with tamariki at the point they have come into care (this does not include whānau caregivers) or whānau who are close to, and/or involved with tamariki on a day-to-day basis (this does not include whānau caregivers) and who have been involved in decision making about their care.