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.
All referrals to IFBS are from a Community Service Centre (CSC) and families that are referred to an IFBS program need to be, and remain, ‘Open and Allocated’ at a CSC.
Referral to the IFBS programs is initially via direct contact with the IFBS Manager to determine their current vacancies and suitability of the family for referral. The Referrals Table uses data from the IFBS connect portal and includes additional information aggregating data for each family about the duration of the service, reasons for termination or closing the case among other information specific to each referral.
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. |
NUMBERSTRING | N(5) |
| 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) |
| DECLINEDREASONOTHER | Service Episode: Declined Reason - Other, Text X(255) |
An additional explanation of why the service episode was declined, when the reason was given as "Other" |
CHARACTERSTRING | X(255) |
| 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) |
| 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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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). |
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 |
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 |
DATETIME | YYYY-MM-DD(T00:00:00) |
| NUMCAREGIVERS | Family: Count of Parent/Carer, Number NNN |
The total number of those acting as a biological or adoptive parent, legal guardian or any other adult with parental responsibility for meeting basic physical (such as food, clothing, shelter, supervision and medical care) and emotional needs, and responding to the behaviour of a child/young person in their care in a family. |
INTEGERNUMBER | NNN |
| HLSTATUS | IFBS Step Down: HL Status, HLStatus X(11) |
A code that represents an Intensive Family Based Services HL Status. |
CHARACTERSTRING | X(11) |
| TERMINATIONPHASE | IFBS Step Down: Termination Phase, Label X(9) |
A code label that represents the phase that Intensive Family Based Services intervention was in when it terminated. |
CHARACTERSTRING | X(9) |
| SDRECOM | Service Episode: IFBS Step-down Recommendation, Indicator X(5) |
A code that indicates whether an Intensive Family Based Services referral has been recommended to move to step-down. |
BOOLEAN | X(5) |
| DAYSTOCOMMENCEMENT | Service Episode: IFBS Days to Commencement, Total Days N(5) |
The number of days until the commencement of an Intensive Family Based Service (IFBS). Negative values indicate the IFBS intervention has commenced. |
INTEGERNUMBER | N(5) |
| COMMENCEDWITHIN7 | Service Episode: IFBS Commenced Within 7 Days, Indicator X(5) |
A code that indicates whether the Intensive Family Based Services intervention commenced within 7 days of referral. |
BOOLEAN | X(5) |
| DAYSINPROGRAM | 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) |
| MONTHSINPROGRAM | Service Episode: Period of time in IFBS Program, 3 to 12 Month Range Code X(7) |
A code that represents the number of months in 3 monthly ranges, the duration of time for the delivery of an Intensive Family Based Service program service episode. |
CHARACTERSTRING | X(7) |
| MONTHSINSDCOMPLETED | IFBS Step Down: Period of time in IFBS Program, 6 to 9 Month Range Code X(7) |
A code that represents the number of months in 6 monthly ranges, the duration of time the family completed in a step-down program for the delivery of an Intensive Family Based Service program. |
CHARACTERSTRING | X(7) |
| LATESTENDDATE | Service Event: End Date, DateTime YYYY-MM-DD |
The date a service event was completed.
Specific Information:
The last date recorded for an IFBS Service. |
DATETIME | YYYY-MM-DD(T00:00:00) |
| SDACCEPTEDORIFBSEND | Service Episode: IFBS Step-down Accepted or IFBS Ended Date, DateTime YYYY-MM-DD |
The date that the step-down was accepted or the Intensive Family Based Service referral ended. |
DATETIME | YYYY-MM-DD(T00:00:00) |
| 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) |
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| Relation | Role | Metadata item | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quality Statement Link | Data Set to a Quality Statement | Intensive Family Based Services Quality Statement |