Definition
The 'Searches for human services in NSW' data distribution is based off the Infoxchange Service Directory. This is an electronic health, welfare and community services directory. The Infoxchange Service Directory provides update-to-date information across a number of classifications including aged, counselling, disability, drug & alcohol, education & training, employment, family, financial, health, housing, law, multicultural, recreation and youth. This is a monthly data distribution of searches.
Data source details
| Path name | Data Element | Definition | Data Type | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STATE | Address: Australian State/Territory Identifier, Code X(3) |
The code descriptor for a state area for an address.
Specific Information:
The State refers to the state or territory of the service that is being searched. |
ALPHASTRING | X(3) |
| DCJ_REGION | Organisation: NSW Department of Communities and Justice District, Label A(25) |
A label that represents the area where the NSW Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) are responsible for the delivery of DCJ services across Community Services and Housing of an organisation that provides services and/or care.
Specific Information:
The DCJ District refers to the district of the service that is being searched. |
ALPHASTRING | A(25) |
| POSTCODE | Address: Australian postcode, code (Postcode datafile) NNNN |
The Australian numeric descriptor for a postal delivery area for an address.
Specific Information:
The Postcode refers to the postcode of the service that is being searched. |
NUMBERSTRING | NNNN |
| LGA | Address: Australian LGA, label |
The Australian Local Government Area descriptor of an address.
Specific Information:
The LGA refers to the Local Government Area of the service that is being searched. |
CHARACTERSTRING | X(50) |
| SUBURB | Address: Suburb/Town/Locality Name, Text X(46) |
The name of the locality, suburb or town of the address, as represented by text.
Specific Information:
The Suburb refers to the Suburb that is being searched. |
CHARACTERSTRING | X(46) |
| LATITUDE | Address: Geocode Latitude, Decimal degrees XNN.N(9) |
The geographic latitude of an address point on the earth, measured in decimal degrees north or south of the equator.
Specific Information:
The Latitude refers to the latitude of the service that is being searched. |
LATITUDE | XNN.N(9) |
| LONGITUDE | Address: Geocode Longitude, Decimal Degrees XNNN.N(9) |
The geographic longitude of an address point on the earth, measured in decimal degrees east or west of the Greenwich Meridian.
Specific Information:
The Longitude refers to the latitude of the service that is being searched. |
LONGITUDE | XNNN.N(9) |
| CATEGORY | Customer Support Service: Category, Label X(50) |
A label (description) that describes a grouping of search categories in the Service Seeker dashboard. It has been created based on the grouping information provided by Partnerships. It is matched using the original categories to the groupings. The purpose of this is to group the categories to higher level and present them in a presentable manner. |
CHARACTERSTRING | X(50) |
| SEARCHES | Customer Support Services: Searches, Total number NNNN |
Total number of searches in each category of the Service Seeker Dashboard.
|
INTEGERNUMBER | NNNN |
Origin
Infoxchange Service Seeker is a free directory of human services, open to anyone looking for support services nation-wide. It contains over 70,000 service listings in NSW including family support, child protection, child wellbeing, health, disability, aged care, welfare, community, education, legal, justice and housing.
https://www.infoxchange.org/au