Referral—formal referral source, homelessness code N[N]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| 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: | Source of referral homelessness code N[N] |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
| Representation class: | Code | |
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| Data type: | Number | |
| Format: | N[N] | |
| Maximum character length: | 2 | |
| Value | Meaning | |
| Permissible values: | 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: | 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. |
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| 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: | Supersedes Referral—formal referral source, homelessness code N[N] Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 Housing assistance, Standard 23/08/2010 |
| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2019- Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018 |