Referral—formal referral source, homelessness code N[N]

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Formal referral source
METEOR identifier:	695957
Registration status:	Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018
Definition:	The person, entity or agency responsible for the formal referral of a client to an agency, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:	Referral—referral source

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

Number

Format:

N[N]

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
1	Specialist Homelessness Agency/outreach worker
2	Telephone/crisis referral agency
3	Centrelink or employment service case worker
4	Child protection agency
5	Family and child support agency
6	Hospital
7	Mental health service
8	Disability support service
9	Drug and alcohol service
10	Aged care service
11	Social housing
12	Youth or juvenile justice correctional centre
13	Adult correctional facility
14	Legal unit (including legal aid)
15	School/other education institution
16	Police
17	Courts
18	Immigration department or asylum seeker/refugee support service
19	Other agency (government or non-government)
20	Family and/or friends
21	Other
22	Family and domestic violence service (non SHS)
23	Don't know

Supplementary values:

Value	Meaning
88	No formal referral
99	Not stated/inadequately described

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

Only formal referrals are collected in this data element. The list of sources of referrals in the classification or value domain are regarded as formal referrals.

A formal referral is any form of verbal or written contact with the person, group or organisation from which the client could be referred.

Collection methods:

The permissible values for this data element are used to form the response categories to the question:

'From the referral list below please select one that represents the source of formal referral for this client.'

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

All attributes +

Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2019-Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018

DSS specific attributes +