Definition
A binary representation of the Targeted Earlier Intervention service/s of chief importance that is required by a person.
Components
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Data Element ConceptPerson: Primary assistance needed
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Object ClassPerson
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PropertyPrimary assistance needed
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Value DomainAssistance Binary Identifier N(4)
Representation
This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Assistance Binary Identifier N(4) ".| Data Type | NUMBERSTRING |
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| Format | N(4) |
| Maximum character length | 4 |
Comments
Reasons for seeking assistance
Data about the reason clients sought assistance is collected to inform service planning to better respond to presenting needs. The optional categories for describing the reason for seeking assistance are standardised to reflect the SCORE outcome domains that cover the range of funded activities captured as part of the Data Exchange Framework. For each client, data is recorded about the main reason for seeking assistance and, if relevant, a secondary reason for seeking assistance. Reasons for seeking assistance are recorded at the case level, to allow organisations to reflect that clients go to different activities to address different needs.
This field is optional.
Many clients’ needs are complex and change over time. The ‘real’ reason for seeking assistance is often not apparent until after a client initially engages with the organisation. While recognising these limitations, data about the reasons for seeking assistance is recorded towards the start of the service to provide a high-level indication of the presenting need—within one of the standard circumstance outcome domains.
Assistance Needed is a reference table from DSS (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 primary key is an integer representing the different combination of binary values across different reason code. For example, primary key value 20 means the reason Training and Employment have a value of 1 (i.e. yes) and for all other reasons they have a value of 0 (i.e. no).
eg:
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 |
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0 |
NULL |
Not Applicable / no service needed |
References
The Data Exchange Protocols (Version 7, January 2021)