catchment, including Child FIRST, when refer case is not used. evaluators and enable the overall count of service to be adjusted to count an additional case but not an additional client family within the catchment. Child Protection Status (Previously Family Status) Intake Investigated not substantiated Substantiated no protective order Protective Order This field is only available when the referral source is Child Protection. Used to report where within Child Protection the referral initiated and is therefore an indicator of the severity of the protective concerns for the child. This is very important data to track the progress of the reforms and is compulsory. Housing Type Boarding or rooming house Caravan Homeless House, flat apartment or unit Prison, correctional facility Refuge or emergency accommodation Special residential (hostel, aged care accommodation) Other Choose from selection in the drop down box. Will be reported in Family Profile statistics report Housing Tenure Boarding Homeless Occupied rent free Owned Purchasing Renting – Private Renting – Public Transitional housing Choose from selection in the drop down box Will be reported in Family Profile statistics report Terms Definitions Counting and Interpretations Source of Income Employment – permanent full-time<35 hours per week Employment – permanent part-time <35 hours per week Employment – cas. Short trm contract full Choose from selection in drop down box. Up to four selections can be made. Will be reported in Family Profile statistics report
Allocation to Family Services Use for completing referral processes once the intake outcome is determined. agency. Weekly allocation meetings are to be recorded under the value of Allocation to Family Services. Aside from the recording of weekly allocation meetings, the value of Allocation to Family Services is only to be selected by Child FIRST. This should not be selected by partner family service provider local intake systems to record the time for internal allocation to their family services program, rather this should be recorded under Referral and Intake processes. Divide the time recorded for Allocation to Family Services by the number of cases received at that meeting, and place the proportion of time against each case. In instances where weekly allocations meetings were attended but no cases received, add this time to the next recording of Allocation to Family Services Include casenote and administrative task recording. Outreach to engage client/family Outreach activities are undertaken to actively engage the client/family with service Outreach to engage client/family is to identify those activities where active engagement approaches are used to engage vulnerable children, young people and their families who may not otherwise actively seek services Outreach to engage client/family is to be selected by the allocated family services worker during initial engagement with family, post intake. The date of transition from outreach activities to an assessment/case work activities is a matter of professional judgement of the allocated family services worker. This option is not to be used by Intake, Holding or Short term assessment and response team activities, as hours for these activities will be reported through the designated service categories. Include casenote and administrative task recording. Active Holding The provision of a specific active holding response is provided. Active Holding is a range of activities that can be employed as a defined and specific holding response for families awaiting either an Intake Outcome or Allocation to Family Services. All hours of service pertaining to active holding should be recorded under this value, with the exceptions of Consult with Child Protection, Report to Child Protection and Referrals to, that must be entered to count incidence Include casenote and administrative task recording.