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Definition

The Aboriginal Intensive Family Based Service (IFBS) provides an intensive, time-limited, home based program for Aboriginal families in crisis (including extended family). Children in these families are at risk of entering an out-of-home placement due to protective concerns or have been placed in out-of-home care (OOHC). The primary intended outcome of Aboriginal IFBS is that the crisis is stabilised and Aboriginal children at imminent risk of placement in OOHC can stay at home with their family and community in a safe, stable and nurturing environment.

The Child Table uses data from the IFBS connect portal and includes the KiDS Number and additional demographic information for each child in the program.

Data source details

Path name Data Element Definition Data Type Format
REFERRALID Person: Referral Identifier, N(5)

A sequence of characters which uniquely identifies a referral for an individual.


Specific Information:

An IBFS ReferralID, consisting of up to 5 digits, usually assigned sequentially.

NUMBERSTRING N(5)
KIDSNBR Person: KiDS Number, Identifier X(14)

A person's internal Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) Person Identifier from the legacy KiDS system.

CHARACTERSTRING X(14)
REGION Person: Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) Region, Code List XX

A code that represents the Department of Communities and Justice region in which a person resides.

ALPHANUMERICSTRING NN
CSC Service Episode: Community Service Centre (CSC) Location, Code X(15)

A code that represents the Community Service Centre (CSC) location a Service is delivered or administered from.


Specific Information:

 The Community Service Centre (CSC) location an IFBS Service is delivered or administered from.

CHARACTERSTRING X(15)
CASETYPE Person: Case Type, Label X(19)

A code that represents the type of case being delivered as a service to a person.

CHARACTERSTRING X(19)
CASETYPEWEEKS Person: Case Type, Total Weeks NN

The number of weeks a persons case type ran for, or is scheduled to run for.

INTEGERNUMBER NN
REPORTSTATUS Person: Report Status, IFBS Code X(10)

A code that represents the status of a report that has been made to the Department regarding a Person.

CHARACTERSTRING X(10)
WORKFLOWSTATUS Service Episode: Workflow Status, IFBS Code X(16)

A code that represents the workflow stages or status of an Intensive Family Based Service referral.

CHARACTERSTRING X(16)
TERMINATIONTYPE Service Episode: Termination Type, Label X(17)

A label that represents the originating source that terminated services which a client received from an agency.

CHARACTERSTRING X(17)
TERMINATIONREASON Service Episode: Termination Reason, IFBS Label X(69)

A label that represents the reason the service a client receives from an agency was terminated for a family.

CHARACTERSTRING X(69)
DECLINEDREASON Service Episode: Declined Reason, IFBS Label X(53)

A description of why the Intensive Family Based Service episode was declined.

CHARACTERSTRING X(53)
IFBSDAYS Service Episode: Period of time in IFBS Program, Total Days N(5)

The total number of days an Intensive Family Based Service program was delivered for in the service episode.

INTEGERNUMBER N(5)
IFBSWEEKS Service Episode: Number of IFBS Program Weeks, N(4)

The total number of weeks an Intensive Family Based Service program was delivered for in the service episode.

INTEGERNUMBER N(4)
IFBSTIMING Service Episode: Scheduling Accuracy, IFBS Timing X(9)

A code label that indicates the level of detail to which the anticipated scheduling of services is correct for a client in receipt of assistance from an agency.

CHARACTERSTRING X(9)
ISRECOMMENDEDFORSD Family: Service Delivery Recommended Indicator, X(5)

A code that indicates whether the referred family has been recommended for service delivery.

BOOLEAN X(5)
STEPDOWNDAYS IFBS Step Down: Period of Time Since Referral, Total Days N(5)

The number of days since a "step down" referral has been made from an Intensive Family Preservation (IFP) service provider, where the IFP intervention was considered a success and there is no longer a risk of removal for the children.

INTEGERNUMBER N(5)
STEPDOWNWEEKS IFBS Step Down: Period of Time Since Referral, Total Weeks N(4)

The number of weeks since a "step down" referral has been made from an Intensive Family Preservation (IFP) service provider, where the IFP intervention was considered a success and there is no longer a risk of removal for the children.

INTEGERNUMBER N(4)
SEX Person: Sex, Code A(6)

A code that represents the distinction between male and female.

ALPHASTRING A(6)
CULTURE Person: Indigenous Status, IFBS Code X(40)

A code label that represents the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin identified by a given client.

ALPHASTRING X(40)
AGE Person: Age, Total Years NNN

The age of the person in (completed) years at a specific point in time.

NUMBERSTRING NNN
AGEBRACKET Person: Age Range, Label X(14)

The age range that represents the person’s completed age in years.

CHARACTERSTRING X(14)
COUNT Record: Child Indicator, Count Code X

A code that indicates that a row in a dataset relates to a record of whether an individual is under 18 years of age.

INTEGERNUMBER X
SUBMITTED Service Episode: Referral Date, DateTime YYYY-MM-DD

The date expressed as YYYYMMDD a referral for the receipt for a given service episode.


Specific Information:

The date an IFBS referral was submitted for a given service episode

DATETIME YYYY-MM-DD(T00:00:00)
ACCEPTED Service Episode: Referral Acceptance Date, DateTime YYYY-MM-DD

The date expressed as YYYYMMDD on which referral was accepted for an instance of service delivery.


Specific Information:

The date an IFBS referral was accepted for service delivery

DATETIME YYYY-MM-DD(T00:00:00)
DECLINED Service Episode: Referral Declined Date, DateTime YYYY-MM-DD

The date expressed as YYYYMMDD on which a referral was declined for an instance of service delivery.


Specific Information:

The date an IBFS referral was declined for service delivery

DATETIME YYYY-MM-DD(T00:00:00)
IFBSSTART Service Episode: Episode Start Date, DateTime YYYY-MM-DD

The date expressed as YYYYMMDD on which a service episode/support period commenced.


Specific Information:

The date on which an IBFS service episode commenced.

DATETIME YYYY-MM-DD(T00:00:00)
IFBSEND Service Episode: End Date, DateTime YYYY-MM-DD

The date expressed as YYYYMMDD on which a service episode was completed.


Specific Information:

The date on which an IFBS service episode was completed.

DATETIME YYYY-MM-DD(T00:00:00)
SDDATE IFBS Step Down: Allocation Date, DateTime YYYY-MM-DD

The date expressed as YYYYMMDD an Intensive Family Based Services step-down referral was allocated to a Step Down caseworker.


Specific Information:

The date an IBFS Step-down Referral was allocated to a Step Down caseworker

DATETIME YYYY-MM-DD(T00:00:00)
SDSTART IFBS Step Down: Start Date, DateTime YYYY-MM-DD

The date expressed as YYYYMMDD an Intensive Family Based Services step-down intervention with a family begins.


Specific Information:

The date an IFBS Step-down intervention with a family begins.

DATETIME YYYY-MM-DD(T00:00:00)
SDEND IFBS Step Down: End Date, DateTime YYYY-MM-DD

The date expressed as YYYYMMDD an Intensive Family Based Services step-down intervention is concluded (auto-populated when the CS MCW accepts the Conclusion Report).


Specific Information:

The date an IBFS Step-down intervention is concluded (auto-populated when the CS MCW accepts the Conclusion Report).

DATETIME YYYY-MM-DD(T00:00:00)
TERMINATED IFBS Step Down: Termination Date, DateTime YYYY-MM-DD

The date expressed as YYYYMMDD the step-down provider was required to end the Intensive Family Based Services intervention before the agreed date due to one of a number of specified reasons


Specific Information:

The date the Step-down provider was required to end the IFBS service intervention before the agreed date due to one of a number of specified reasons.

DATETIME YYYY-MM-DD(T00:00:00)
CLOSED IFBS Step Down: Case Closure Date, DateTime YYYY-MM-DD

The date expressed as YYYYMMDD that the case is marked closed by the Intensive Family Based Services, and handed back to Child Services


Specific Information:

The date that the case is marked closed by the IFBS, and handed back to Child Services.

DATETIME YYYY-MM-DD(T00:00:00)
HLSTATUS IFBS Step Down: HL Status, HLStatus X(11)

A code that represents an Intensive Family Based Services HL Status.

CHARACTERSTRING X(11)
INGESTTIME Record: DateTime Stamp, YYYY-MM-DD

A sequence of characters or encoded information identifying when a certain event occurred, on what day, and optionally including what particular time of day.

DATETIME YYYY-MM-DD(T00:00:00)
INGESTTYPE Record: Ingest Type, Label A(6)

File (data) ingestion process type, represented by a label.

ALPHASTRING A(6)
FILENAME Record: Filename, Text X(200)

File name (data) ingested into BigQuery, represented by text.

ALPHANUMERICSTRING X(200)
BATCHID Record: Batch Id, Text X(200)

System generated identification generated when (data) ingested into BigQuery, represented by text.

ALPHANUMERICSTRING X(200)

Relations and Links

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Relation Role Metadata item Actions
Quality Statement Link Data Set to a Quality Statement Intensive Family Based Services Quality Statement