Skip to content Learn about the access keys available for Metadata.NSW
A NSW Government website
Metadata.NSW (beta)

Definition

A label (description) representing the grouping category for a search in the service seeker dashboard.

Representation

Data Type CHARACTERSTRING
Format X(50)
Maximum character length 50

Values

Value Meaning Start Date End Date
Permissible Values Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Services Searches for services that provide targetted or inclusive service delivery to indigenous Australians. Many of these searches are linked to other categories "Housing Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander"
Alcohol and Other Drugs Searches for services that assist with alcohol and other drug recovery, rehabilitation or support e.g. "drug rehabilitation"
Animals and Pets Searches for services that assist with animals or pets. Predominantly associated with housing searches which require housing solutions able to cater to pets e.g. "Housing Pets"
Centrelink Searches for Centrelink offices and assistance
Children and Young People Searches for services that are targeted at children and young people, from babies to late adolescence "Counselling Teenager"
COVID-19 Searches related specifically to COVID-19, in particular testing, vaccination, and support
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (Excluding Refugees and Asylum Seekers) Searches for services that provide targetted or inclusive service delivery for culturally and linguistically diverse Australians except those services which are specifically related to Refugees and Asylum seekers e.g. "Vietnamese translator"
Disabilities Searches for services that provide targetted or inclusive service delivery for Australians living with a disability, including all searches related to the NDIS or NDIA e.g. "Disability support"
Disasters Searches for services that provide assistance directly associated with natural disasters (e.g. "bushfires", "flooding").
Donating and Volunteering Searches for services that allow users to donate or volunteer
Education and Training Searches for services that provide education and training (excluding those directly related to employment e.g. "job training" or personal circumstances e.g. "parenting courses")
Emergency Relief (Non Specific) Searches for emergency relief that contain no information related to whether that is for food, material aid, or financial assistance e.g "emergency relief"
Employment Searches for services that assist with employment (excluding Centrelink) e.g. "jobs near me"
Facilities and Things to Do Searches for facilities (e.g. "showers", "toilets", "banks", "community halls") or things to do e.g. "sports group", "neighbourhood group")
Family Violence Searches for services that provide family violence services e.g. "Family violence shelter"
Financial Assistance (Non Centrelink) Searches for financial assistance that are not explicitly related to centrelink e.g. "nils", "money help"
Food Searches for services that provide emergency relief related explicitly to food e.g. "food parcels"
Health (excluding Mental Health) Searches for services that provide health services that are not specifically related to Mental Health and Wellbeing e.g. "outpatient surgery rehabilitation"
Housing Searches for services that provide housing support e.g. "Emergency Accommodation"
Law Searches for services specifically related to legal or citizenry issue e.g. "Police", "Wills"
LGBTQIA+ Searches for services that provide targetted or inclusive service delivery to LGBTQIA+ Australians e.g. "lgbt housing providers" or where the user has specified a non-binary gender during the search
Material Aid Searches for emergency relief related explicitly to non-food items e.g. "blankets" "clothing"
Mens Services Searches for services that provide targetted or inclusive service delivery for men e.g. "Men's Sheds", "Men's Behavioural Change Programs"
Mental Health and Wellbeing Searches for services that provide services for both acute and clinical mental health issues e.g. "schizophrenia" or more holistic mental wellbeing e.g. "grief counselling"
Non Specific Searches for Organisations which Provide Multiple Services Searches for named organisations which provide a range of different kind of services, but no specific information about the kind of service(s) required e.g. "anglicare", "Salvation Army"
Older People Searches for services that provide targetted or inclusive service delivery to older Australians e.g. "aged care"
Practical Assistance and Support Searches for services that provide practical assistance and support, e.g. "social worker", often related to other categories such as older people or disabled people e.g. "in home support care for older person", "in home disability support"
Refugees and Asylum Seekers Searches for services that provide targetted or inclusive service delivery to Refugees and Asylum seekers e.g. "Emergency housing refugees"
Relationships, Parenting and Families Searches for services that provide support for relationships e.g. "relationship counselling", parenting e.g. "parenting courses" or families e.g "Housing families"
Technology Searches for services related specifically to technology e.g "free wifi" "staying safe online"
Womens Services Searches for services that provide targetted or inclusive support for women e.g. "Women's social groups"
Total Searches All searches

Related content

Relation Count
Data Elements implementing this Value Domain 1