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Activities and Participation cluster

320111 | Data Set Specification | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) which is the Australian Collaborating Centre for the World Health Organization Family of International Classifications.
This data cluster is one of four clusters that make up the Functioning and Disability DSS. To ensure a complete description of human functioning it is recommended that this cluster be collected along with the following three clusters over time and by a range of health and community care providers: Body functions cluster Body structures cluster Environmental factors cluster In the context of health, activity refers to the execution of a task or action by an individual, and participation refers...
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Disability

Activity and participation need for assistance cluster

492069 | Data Set Specification
These data elements are used in conjunction with each other to determine the level of assistance a person with a disability requires and the type of activity for which this assistance is needed. The activity and participation need for assistance cluster combines the two data elements: Person—activity and participation in life area, code N and Person—activity need for assistance, code N and describes the following information: Unable to do or always needs help/ supervision in this li...
Standard: Community Services (retired)
Superseded: Disability

Activity and participation need for assistance cluster (disability flag)

505770 | Data Set Specification | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
These data elements are used together to assess the functional status of a person across a range of life areas, leading to a classification of 'Activity limitation' under the Standardised disability flag . The activity and participation need for assistance cluster combines the two data elements:Person—activity and participation life area, disability flag code N and Person—need for assistance with activities in a life area, disability flag code N, to complete the following matrix: Always/so...
Standard: Community Services (retired), Disability

Address details data dictionary

434713 | Data Set Specification | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The address details data dictionary is used to collect information pertaining to an address, which is defined as a collection of information used for describing the location of an entity, and/or details describing how the entity can be contacted. It is based on the Standards prepared by Standards Australia Subcommittee IT-027-01, Personal and Corporate Data-Representation and Management, for Committee IT-027, Data Management and Interchange to supersede AS 4590-1999. The revised AS 4590—2006 In...
Standard: Community Services (retired), Disability

Adoptions DSS 2011-13

467027 | Data Set Specification
The Adoptions Australia collection contains data relating to two populations of children, those subject to: Finalisations- children who were the subject of a finalised adoption order during the reporting period. This includes orders that were made in Australia and in the case of some intercountry adoptions, where the full adoption order was made in the country of origin. Placements- children, regardless of the status of their adoption order, who were placed with their adoptive family during t...
Standard: Community Services (retired)

Agency sector cluster

497979 | Data Set Specification | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This cluster applies to agencies providing data to the Disability Services National Minimum Data Set.
Standard: Community Services (retired)
Superseded: Disability

Body functions cluster

320117 | Data Set Specification | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) which is the Australian Collaborating Centre for the World Health Organization Family of International Classifications.
This data cluster is one of four clusters that make up the Functioning and Disability DSS. To ensure a complete description of human functioning it is recommended that it be collected along with the following three clusters over time and by a range of health and community care providers: Body Structures cluster Activities and Participation cluster Environmental factors cluster Body functions are the physiological functions of body systems (including psychological functions). The term 'body'...
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Disability

Body structures cluster

320151 | Data Set Specification | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) which is the Australian Collaborating Centre for the World Health Organization Family of International Classifications.
This data cluster is one of four clusters that make up the Functioning and Disability DSS. To ensure a complete description of human functioning it is recommended that this cluster be collected along with the following three clusters over time and by a range of health and community care providers: Body functions cluster Activities and participation cluster Environmental factors cluster Body structures are anatomical parts of the body such as organs, limbs and their components. The Body struc...
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Disability

Carer demographics file cluster

493178 | Data Set Specification | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The Carer demographics file cluster contains demographic information about all carers who were authorised to provide funded home-based out-of-home-care placements at any point during the reference period. If individual carers are not recorded separately on jurisdictions' systems, a carer identifier should be assigned for the purpose of this collection and the primary carer demographic details recorded.
Recorded: Community Services (retired)
Standard: Children and Families

Child protection and support services (CPSS) case worker cluster

355935 | Data Set Specification | National Child Protection and Support Services data working group (NCPASS).
This cluster is referred to as the CPSS case worker file. It is used in all three of the CPSS NMDS, all of which are unit record data. The first is the child protection specific data, which includes notifications, investigations and substantiations and services provided. The second is data on children who are on care and protection orders. The third is data on children in out-of-home care. The Child Protection and Support Services National Minimum Data Set (CPSS NMDS) is designed to capture in...
Standard: Community Services (retired)

Child protection and support services (CPSS) client cluster

355790 | Data Set Specification | National Child Protection and Support Services data working group (NCPASS).
This cluster is referred to as the CPSS client file. It is used in all three of the CPSS NMDS, all of which are unit record data. The first is the child protection specific data, which includes notifications, investigations and substantiations and services provided. The second is data on children who are on care and protection orders. The third is data on children in out-of-home care. The Child Protection and Support Services National Minimum Data Set (CPSS NMDS), is designed to capture informat...
Standard: Community Services (retired)

Child protection and support services (CPSS) sibling cluster

355795 | Data Set Specification | National Child Protection and Support Services data working group (NCPASS).
This cluster is referred to as the CPSS sibling file. It is used in all three of the CPSS NMDS, all of which are unit record data. The first is the child protection specific data, which includes notifications, investigations and substantiations and services provided. The second is data on children who are on care and protection orders. The third is data on children in out-of-home care. The Child Protection and Support Services National Minimum Data Set (CPSS NDMS), is designed to capture infor...
Standard: Community Services (retired)

Cultural and language diversity cluster

491352 | Data Set Specification | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
Standards for Statistics on Cultural and Language Diversity have been developed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) to provide a means of standardising the way the ABS and other agencies collect and disseminate information relating to the origins of individuals and cultural diversity in Australia. The minimum core set for the purposes of collecting information relevant to cultural diversity in respect of people who have migrated to Australia, and their descendants are; Country of birth...
Standard: Community Services (retired), Disability

Custody Escapes cluster

387453 | Data Set Specification
Standard: Community Services (retired)

Disability and need for assistance cluster

484548 | Data Set Specification
This cluster of data elements provides information on the nature and extent of disability for a client of a specialist disability service reporting to the Disability Services NMDS.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Disability

Disability data dictionary

484560 | Data Set Specification | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The disability data dictionary provides a reference set of data standards for collection of data from specialist disability service providers and other service providers delivering basic community care. The disability data dictionary builds on the Disability Services National Minimum Data Set (NMDS), and to a lesser extent the Home and Community Care (HACC) Minimum Data Set, and describes in an internationally standardised form: metadata for most items in the existing Disability Services NMDS a...
Standard: Community Services (retired)
Superseded: Disability

Disability services carer details cluster

484552 | Data Set Specification
This cluster of data elements provides information on carers associated with a client of a specialist disability service reporting to the Disability Services NMDS. The items may be recorded for all carers associated with a client.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Disability

Disability services client details cluster

484543 | Data Set Specification
This cluster of data elements provides socio-demographic information on a client of a specialist disability service reporting to the Disability Services NMDS.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Disability

Disability Services NMDS 2012-14

461640 | Data Set Specification | National Disability Data Network (NDDN)
The Disability Services Minimum Data Set (DS NMDS) and is a national collection that has: a set of nationally significant data items or pieces of information that are collected in all Australian jurisdictions; and an agreed method of collection and transmission. The purpose of the DS NMDS collection is to facilitate the annual collation of nationally comparable data about National Disability Agreement (NDA)-funded disability services, and to obtain reliable, consistent data with minimal load o...
Standard: Community Services (retired)

Disability services provider details cluster

484554 | Data Set Specification
This cluster of data elements provides information on the administrative arrangements and scope of operations of a specialist disability service reporting to the Disability Services NMDS.
Standard: Community Services (retired)
Superseded: Disability

Disability services standards cluster

498020 | Data Set Specification | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This cluster regarding assessment against disability services standards applies to agencies providing services under the National Disability Agreement and providing data to the Disability Services National Minimum Data Set.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Disability

Disability services/supports outcomes cluster

484558 | Data Set Specification
This cluster of data elements contributes information on the outcomes of a client of a specialist disability service reporting to the Disability Services NMDS.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Disability

Disability services/supports received cluster

484556 | Data Set Specification
This cluster of data elements provides information on the nature, amount and intensity of services received by a client of a specialist disability service reporting to the Disability Services NMDS.
Standard: Community Services (retired)
Superseded: Disability

Electronic contact details data dictionary

433419 | Data Set Specification | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The electronic contact details data dictionary is used to collect electronic contact details for a person or organisation, including telephone contact details. It is based on the Standards prepared by Standards Australia Subcommittee IT-027-01, Personal and Corporate Data-Representation and Management, for Committee IT-027, Data Management and Interchange to supersede AS 4590-1999. The revised AS 4590—2006 Interchange of client information standard is a result of industry concern at the numerou...
Standard: Community Services (retired), Disability

Environmental factors cluster

320195 | Data Set Specification | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) which is the Australian Collaborating Centre for the World Health Organization Family of International Classifications.
This data cluster is one of four clusters that make up the Functioning and Disability DSS. To ensure a complete description of human functioning it is recommended that this cluster be collected along with the following three clusters over time and by a range of health and community care providers: Body functions cluster Body structures cluster Activities and participation cluster Environmental factors make up the physical, social and attitudinal environment in which people live and conduct t...
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Disability

Functioning and Disability DSS

320319 | Data Set Specification | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) which is the Australian Collaborating Centre for the World Health Organization Family of International Classifications.
The Functioning and Disability DSS aims to ensure national consistency in relation to defining and measuring human functioning and disability. This DSS has been developed to be consistent with the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). Functioning and disability are dual concepts in a broad framework. Functioning is the umbrella term for any or all of: body functions, body structures, activities and participation. Functioning is a multidimensional concept denot...
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Disability

Funding jurisdiction cluster

497735 | Data Set Specification | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The Funding jurisdiction cluster applies to service type outlets reporting to the Disability Services National Minimum Data Set.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Disability

Informal carer benefits cluster

509178 | Data Set Specification | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
This cluster may be applied to informal carers associated with clients of specialist disability services.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Disability

Juvenile Justice Centre file cluster

386857 | Data Set Specification
The Centre file contains details on the centres administered and operated by juvenile justice agencies where young people are detained while under the supervision of the relevant juvenile justice agency on a supervised order or legal arrangement. It includes a sub-cluster with information about escapes from custody (either a detention centre or other legal custody outside the detention centre).
Standard: Community Services (retired)

Juvenile Justice Client file cluster

386845 | Data Set Specification | Australian Youth Justice Administrators (AYJA)
The Client file contains demographic information on young people under juvenile justice supervision.
Standard: Community Services (retired)
Superseded: Youth Justice

Juvenile Justice Detention file cluster

386853 | Data Set Specification | Australian Youth Justice Administrators (AYJA)
The detention file contains information about the periods of detention of young people under juvenile justice supervision. A detention period relates to the period of time a young person is detained in a juvenile justice remand or detention centre in relation to a particular detention type without change in detention centre and without escaping or absconding.
Standard: Community Services (retired)

Juvenile Justice NMDS 2009

378088 | Data Set Specification | Juvenile Justice Data Sub-Committee
The Juvenile Justice NMDS contains information about young people under juvenile justice supervision in Australia. Young people under juvenile justice supervision are defined as those who are under the supervision or case management of a juvenile justice agency because they have: committed or allegedly committed an offence between the ages of 10–17 years OR committed or allegedly committed an offence when aged over 17 years and who are treated as young people due to their vulnerabili...
Standard: Community Services (retired)

Juvenile Justice Order file cluster

386849 | Data Set Specification
The Order file contains information about the supervised orders handed down by courts and parole boards to young people under juvenile justice supervision.
Standard: Community Services (retired)

Juvenile Justice Order types file cluster

386855 | Data Set Specification
The Order Types file links the orders available in jurisdictions with the national order categories.
Standard: Community Services (retired)

Living arrangements for children under care (LA) file cluster

492989 | Data Set Specification | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The Living arrangements for children under care (LA) file cluster contains information about the living arrangements recorded during the reference period for children under the care of a Department responsible for child protection (i.e. children on orders who were not in funded out-of-home care and children in funded out-of-home care placements regardless of whether they were on an order).
Recorded: Community Services (retired)
Standard: Children and Families

Organisation details data dictionary

431158 | Data Set Specification | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The organisation details data dictionary is used to collect details for an organisation, including the name of the organisation. It is based on the Standards prepared by Standards Australia Subcommittee IT-027-01, Personal and Corporate Data-Representation and Management, for Committee IT-027, Data Management and Interchange to supersede AS 4590-1999. The revised AS 4590—2006 Interchange of client information standard is a result of industry concern at the numerous data interchange formats used...
Standard: Community Services (retired), Disability

Party identifier details data dictionary

466213 | Data Set Specification | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The party identifier details data dictionary contains items which describe the identification details for people or organizations. A party may have multiple identification details and identifier statuses. It is based on the Standards prepared by Standards Australia Subcommittee IT-027-01, Personal and Corporate Data-Representation and Management, for Committee IT-027, Data Management and Interchange to supersede AS 4590-1999. The revised AS 4590—2006 Interchange of client information standard i...
Standard: Community Services (retired), Disability

Person details data dictionary

430772 | Data Set Specification | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The person details data dictionary contains the data elements to identify the name and demographic characteristics of a person defined as a human being, whether man, woman or child. It is based on the Standards prepared by Standards Australia Subcommittee IT-027-01, Personal and Corporate Data-Representation and Management, for Committee IT-027, Data Management and Interchange to supersede AS 4590-1999. The revised AS 4590—2006 Interchange of client information standard is a result of industry ...
Standard: Community Services (retired), Disability

Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) cluster 2011

477111 | Data Set Specification | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The person level geographical location data elements in this cluster refer to the person's usual residence. This is defined below. When collecting the geographical location of a person's usual place of residence, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) recommends that 'usual' be defined as: 'the place where the person has or intends to live for 6 months or more, or the place that the person regards as their main residence, or where the person has no other residence, the place they currently ...
Standard: Community Services (retired), Disability
Superseded: Early Childhood

Standardised disability flag module

521050 | Data Set Specification | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The Standardised disability flag is a module comprising questions and output data items to identify people with disabilities or long term health conditions who experience difficulties and/or need assistance in various areas of their life. The module looks at how people function in everyday activities, as well as whether they have a specific restriction in participating in education or in employment. The module is designed to provide consistent and comparable information across services in all Au...
Standard: Community Services (retired), Disability

Statistical linkage key 581 cluster

349510 | Data Set Specification | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
Statistical data linkage refers to the bringing together of data from different sources to gain a greater understanding of a situation or individual from the combined (or linked) dataset. This facilitates a better understanding of the patterns of service use by groups of clients for research, statistical or policy analysis, planning and evaluation purposes. Its form is: XXXXXDDMMYYYYN The sequence in which the linkage key is completed is as follows: Family name (the first 3 Xs) Given name (the 4...
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Disability
Superseded: Homelessness, Health

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