Definition
A binary representation of assistance services needed
Representation
| Data Type | NUMBERSTRING |
|---|---|
| Format | N(4) |
| Maximum character length | 4 |
Comments
Assistance Needed is derived from a DSS reference table (see fdp-child-protection-prod:tei_bdm.tei_ref_assistance_needed) with a primary key to look up whether clients are in need of specific services, either internally or externally. There are 12 services clients can be in need of, and more than one service may be needed at any given time. Each value in the Assistance Needed table is a binary value representing yes or no. The key is a value (integer - the sum of the binary value attributed to the service column) representing the different combination of binary values across different reason code. For example, the ASSISTANCENEEDEDKEY value 6 means the reason has a 1 (i.e. yes) in the Training and Employment columns and for all other reasons they have a 0 (i.e. no):
The following table reveals the value associated with each service needed and by 1 (yes) or 0 (no) in the relevant service column:
A combination of services is represented by the sum of related binary values - eg the services of MATERIAL and FAMILY is represented by 3072 (ie 2048 + 1024)
| Binary | Value | Service | Meaning |
| 211 |
2048 |
MATERIAL |
Material wellbeing and basic necessities: to address the client’s immediate lack of money and basic items needed for day-to-day living and to improve their independence, participation and wellbeing. |
| 210 |
1024 |
FAMILY |
Family functioning: where the client is seeking to improve family functioning and change its impact on their independence, participation and wellbeing. |
| 29 |
512 |
MONEY |
Financial Resilience: where the client is seeking to improve financial resilience and change its impact to improve the client’s independence, participation and wellbeing. |
| 28 |
256 |
PHYSICAL |
Physical health: where the client is seeking to change the impact of their physical health on their independence, participation and wellbeing. |
| 27 |
128 |
COMMUNITY |
Community participation and networks: where the client is seeking to change the impact of poor community participation and networks on their independence, participation and wellbeing.- |
| 26 |
64 |
AGE |
Age-appropriate development: where the client is seeking to improve age-appropriate development. |
| 25 |
32 |
MENTAL |
Mental health, wellbeing and self-care: where the client is seeking to change the impact of mental health issues and self-care issues on their independence, participation and wellbeing. |
| 24 |
16 |
PERSONAL |
Personal and family safety: where the client is seeking to change the impact of personal and family safety issues on their independence, participation and wellbeing. |
| 23 |
8 |
HOUSING |
Housing: where the client is seeking to improve their housing stability or address the impact of poor housing on their independence, participation and wellbeing. |
| 22 |
4 |
TRAINING |
Education and skills training: where the client is seeking to engage with education and skills training to improve their independence, participation and wellbeing. |
| 21 |
2 |
EMPLOYMENT |
Employment: to change the impact of a client’s lack of employment on their independence, participation and wellbeing. |
| 20 |
1 |
EDUCEMPL |
Education / employment |
|
0 |
NULL |
Not Applicable / no service needed |
Related content
| Relation | Count |
|---|---|
| Data Elements implementing this Value Domain | 2 |