Carer demographics file cluster

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Set Specification
METEOR identifier:	493178
Registration status:	Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016
DSS type:	Data Element Cluster
Scope:	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.

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

For this file a person is a carer who was authorised to provide funded home-based out-of-home-care placements.

Collection methods:

Each carer will be a new line in the file.

Carer attributes which may be reported differently over time, such as Indigenous status and disability status, should be reported as at the end of the reference period (i.e. 31 August 2012).

Implementation start date:

01/07/2011

Implementation end date:

30/06/2013

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Steward:

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Reference documents:

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2013. Child protection Australia 2011-12. Child welfare series no. 55. Cat. no. CWS 43. Canberra: AIHW.

Relational attributes

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

All attributes +

Child protection NMDS 2012-13 Children and Families, Superseded 22/11/2016
Community Services (retired), Candidate 16/10/2014

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2011 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2013

Metadata items in this Data Set Specification

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Seq No.	Metadata item	Obligation	Max occurs
1	Person—person identifier, child protection NX[X(11)] *DSS specific information:* The person identifier is the identifier of the carer.	Mandatory	1
2	Person—letters of family name, text XXX *DSS specific information:* 'Letters of carer's name' is collected as one item in cell number 2 in the Carer demographics file of the CP NMDS. The 2nd, 3rd and 5th letters of the carer's family name are combined with the 2nd and 3rd letters of the carer's given name to obtain the 5 digit letters of the carer's name.	Mandatory	1
3	Person—letters of given name, text XX *DSS specific information:* 'Letters of carer's name' is collected as one item in cell number 2 in the Carer demographics file of the CP NMDS. The 2nd, 3rd and 5th letters of the carer's family name are combined with the 2nd and 3rd letters of the carer's given name to obtain the 5 digit letters of the carer's name.	Mandatory	1
4	Person—date of birth, DDMMYYYY *DSS specific information:* The date of birth of the carer. When an estimate is required, all known fields should be entered (e.g. if only year is known use 01/01/YYYY, if year and month are known use 01/MM/YYYY. If the date is not known and cannot be estimated, record as 01/01/1900.	Mandatory	1
5	Person—sex, code N *DSS specific information:* The biological sex of the carer. Code 9 'Not stated/inadequately described' in the data element is equivalent to code 99 in the Child protection national minimum data set collection manual.	Mandatory	1
6	Person—Indigenous status, code N *DSS specific information:* Record 5 'Indigenous - not further specified' where no differentiation between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander is made. This code is used in the CP NMDS and is not mappable to the Indigenous status standard. Code 9 'Not stated/inadequately described' in the data element is equivalent to code 99 in the Child protection national minimum data set collection manual.	Mandatory	1

Carer demographics file cluster

Identifying and definitional attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Source and reference attributes

Relational attributes

Metadata items in this Data Set Specification

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