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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

 

 

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