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Definition

A1.3:This data set contains unit record data for all children and family members in the Brighter Futures program with one row per person. The data is for 2016/17.

Data source details

Path name Data Element Definition Data Type Format
AGE_at_AllocationDate_1 Person: Age at Allocation Date, Years NNN.NN

The (calculated) age of the person at the date when the service provider agreed to work with the family.


Specific Information:
Data Type: Numeric float
Field Description:
Field Start Date: 2016-01-04 00:00:00
Field End Date2020-07-13 00:00:00
INTEGERNUMBER NNN.NN
Age_end_period Person: Age at Closure Date, Years NNN.NN

The (calculated) age of the person at the date when the service provider ceases case management or at the end of financial year.


Specific Information:
Data Type: Numeric float
Field Description: Age at 30/06/2020 or case closure date if closed
Field Start Date: 2016-01-04 00:00:00
Field End Date2020-07-13 00:00:00
INTEGERNUMBER NNN.NN
family_id_hashed - -
Specific Information:
Data Type: Text free
Field Description: Family id
Field Start Date: 2016-01-04 00:00:00
Field End Date2020-07-13 00:00:00
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ClosureReason Service Event: Case Closure Reason, Label X(50)

The reason a case was closed, as represented by a label


Specific Information:
Data Type: Text category
Field Description:
Field Start Date: 2016-01-04 00:00:00
Field End Date2020-07-04 00:00:00
ALPHANUMERICSTRING X(50)
Consent14yearsampabove Person: Consent Indicator, Yes/No Code N

A code that represents whether the person has given consent, that is giving or denying permission for something to happen or agreement to do something.


Specific Information:
Data Type: Text category
Field Description:
Field Start Date: 2017-01-19 00:00:00
Field End Date2020-07-04 00:00:00
NUMBERSTRING N
ReferralPathway Service Event: Referral Source, Brighter Futures Referral Pathway Label X(50)

The person or agency responsible for the referral of a child/young person to Brighter Futures.


Specific Information:
Data Type: Text category
Field Description:
Field Start Date: 2016-01-04 00:00:00
Field End Date2020-07-13 00:00:00
CHARACTERSTRING X(50)
CALDBackground Person: Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Background, Text X(50)

Self-enumeration of cultural and linguistic background, based on whether or not one was born in a country other than Australia, has a cultural background other than Australian, or can speak languages other than English, by respondents entering "free text".


Specific Information:
Data Type: Text free
Field Description: Does the child/young person identify as Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD)?
Field Start Date: 2016-01-04 00:00:00
Field End Date2020-07-13 00:00:00
ALPHANUMERICSTRING X(50)
IndigenousStatus Family: Indigenous Status, Code X(14)

An Indicator of whether any members of a Family identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.


Specific Information:
Data Type: Text category
Field Description:
Field Start Date: 2016-01-04 00:00:00
Field End Date2020-07-13 00:00:00
CHARACTERSTRING X(14)
Gender Person: Gender, Code X(20)

A code that represents how a person identifies their masculine or feminine characteristics. An individual's gender is not always exclusively male or female, and doesn't always correspond to their sex assigned at birth.


Specific Information:
Data Type: Text category
Field Description: Gender
Field Start Date: 2016-01-04 00:00:00
Field End Date2020-07-13 00:00:00
ALPHASTRING X(20)
ReferralID Person: Referral Identifier, N(5)

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


Specific Information:
Data Type: Text free
Field Description:
Field Start Date: 2016-01-04 00:00:00
Field End Date2020-07-13 00:00:00
NUMBERSTRING N(5)
CaseClosureDate Service Event: End Date, DateTime YYYY-MM-DD

The date a service event was completed.


Specific Information:
Data Type: Date
Field Description: Date of the closure of the case plan, if not completed.
Field Start Date: 2016-01-04 00:00:00
Field End Date2020-07-04 00:00:00
DATETIME YYYY-MM-DD(T00:00:00)
ATPDate Person: Brighter Futures Participant Agreement, DateTime YYYY-MM-DD

The date on which a person agreed to participate in the Brighter Futures program that provides services tailored to achieve long-term benefits for children.


Specific Information:
Data Type: Date
Field Description: ATP date
Field Start Date: 2016-01-04 00:00:00
Field End Date2020-07-07 00:00:00
DATETIME YYYY-MM-DD(T00:00:00)
FirstContactDate Service Event: First Service Contact Date, DateTime YYYY-MM-DD

The date on which the agency provides the first service to the client, expressed as YYYY-MM-DD.


Specific Information:
Data Type: Date
Field Description: What date was the child/young person or their parent/carers first contacted?
Field Start Date: 2016-01-04 00:00:00
Field End Date2020-07-13 00:00:00
DATETIME YYYY-MM-DD(T00:00:00)
AllocationDate Service Event: Allocation Date, DateTime YYYY-MM-DD

The date a Service Provider agreed to work with the family or allocate services.


Specific Information:
Data Type: Date
Field Description:
Field Start Date: 2016-01-04 00:00:00
Field End Date2020-07-13 00:00:00
DATETIME YYYY-MM-DD(T00:00:00)
MTHYr_DOB - -
Specific Information:
Data Type: Numeric integer
Field Description: person date of birth
Field Start Date: 2016-01-04 00:00:00
Field End Date2020-07-13 00:00:00
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ppn - -
Specific Information:
Data Type: Numeric integer
Field Description: Personal Identification Number
Field Start Date: 2016-01-04 00:00:00
Field End Date2020-07-13 00:00:00
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ChildStoryID_hashed You don't have permission to see this Data Element. -
Specific Information:
Data Type: Text free
Field Description: Unique person identifier for ChildStory data
Field Start Date: 2016-01-04 00:00:00
Field End Date2020-07-13 00:00:00
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