Person—service requested, homelessness code N
Data Element Attributes
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Metadata item type:![]() | Data Element |
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Short name:![]() | Service requested |
METEOR identifier:![]() | 400408 |
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Definition:![]() | The service(s) requested by a person of a Specialist Homelessness Agency, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept:![]() | Person—services requested |
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Representation class:![]() | Code | ||||||||||
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Data type:![]() | Number | ||||||||||
Format:![]() | N | ||||||||||
Maximum character length:![]() | 1 | ||||||||||
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Guide for use:![]() | CODE 1 Short-term or emergency accommodation Assistance with accommodation in a refuge, a crisis shelter, or in emergency accommodation arranged in hotels, motels by a specialist homelessness agency. CODE 2 Other housing/accommodation Other housing/accommodation should be selected where a person is requiring assistance for any other form of housing or accommodation that is not short term or emergency accommodation. This may include assistance to access other forms of accommodation, such as medium term or transitional accommodation, or assistance to maintain their current form of housing/accommodation (i.e. prevent foreclosure on a mortgage, assistance with rental arrears, etc.). CODE 3 General assistance and support General assistance and support refers to a wide range of support provided by an agency worker that it is not a specialised service. That is, the support is provided without the expectation that the worker has completed formal, specialised training in that area of assistance. General assistance may cover a range of assistance from financial assistance/information, employment/training assistance, to assistance for domestic/family violence and family/relationship assistance. For a more comprehensive list of possible services see, Service activity - type of service activity. CODE 4 Specialised services Specialised services refer to assistance that can be provided only by a person with formal, specialised training in that area of assistance. Specialised services may range from Psychological/psychiatric services to Professional legal services (For a more comprehensive list of possible specialised services see, Service activity - type of service activity). Specialised services may be provided by agency workers, or may require an agency worker to assist the client in receiving external services. | ||||||||||
Collection methods:![]() | The permissible values for this data element are used to form the response categories to the question: 'Please indicate the service(s) the person requires from your agency, from the list below:' | ||||||||||
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Related metadata references:![]() | Has been superseded by Person—service requested, homelessness code N
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Implementation in Data Set Specifications:![]() | Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013 Homelessness, Superseded 01/05/2013 Implementation start date: 01/07/2011 DSS specific information: In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this Data Element is collected only for persons who have not received the services requested, that is, it is collected only for persons known as 'turnaways'. Homelessness, Superseded 01/05/2013 Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013 Implementation start date: 01/07/2012 Implementation end date: 30/06/2013 DSS specific information: In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this Data Element is collected only for persons who have not received the services requested, that is, it is collected only for persons known as 'turnaways'. Homelessness, Superseded 26/08/2014 Housing assistance, Superseded 26/08/2014 Implementation start date: 01/07/2013 Implementation end date: 30/06/2014 Conditional obligation: In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is only collected for 'turnaways'. Turnaways are people who have not received the requested services or assessment. DSS specific information: This question allows the client to check all responses that apply, and therefore the client may have up to 4 valid responses for this question. Homelessness, Superseded 24/11/2016 Housing assistance, Superseded 24/11/2016 Implementation start date: 01/07/2014 Implementation end date: 30/06/2015 Conditional obligation: In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is only collected for 'turnaways'. Turnaways are people who have not received the requested services or assessment. DSS specific information: This question allows the client to check all responses that apply, and therefore the client may have up to 4 valid responses for this question. Homelessness, Superseded 24/11/2016 Implementation start date: 01/07/2015 Implementation end date: 30/06/2017 Conditional obligation: In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is only collected for 'turnaways'. Turnaways are people who have not received the requested services or assessment. DSS specific information: This question allows the client to check all responses that apply, and therefore the client may have up to 4 valid responses for this question. Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2017 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 Conditional obligation: In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is only collected for 'turnaways'. Turnaways are people who have not received the requested services or assessment. DSS specific information: This question allows the client to check all responses that apply, and therefore the client may have up to 4 valid responses for this question. |