Glossary

Australian Bureau of Statistics

The type of government or non-government sector to which the funded agency (or service type outlet) belongs. Also see Service Provider.

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Whether or not the person's date of birth has been estimated.

The carer date of birth should be listed. If the carer date of birth is unknown it may be estimated by using the 1 January in the estimated year (for example if someone is approximately 50 years of age then 1/1/1962 might be entered as an estimate).

Whether someone, such as a family member, friend or neighbour, has been identified as providing regular and sustained care and assistance to the person requiring support.

Whether the carer assists the person requiring support, in one or more of the following activities of daily living: self-care, mobility or communication.

The relationship of the carer to the person for whom they care.

Whether or not a carer lives with the person for whom they provide care and support.

The method of communication, including sign language, most effectively used by the person.

The country in which the person was born.

See DS NMDS.

Related terms: DS NMDS

The day, month and year when the person was born.

The date the person last received a service of this service type during the reporting period.

The number of days per week that the service type outlet usually operates.

Previously DSQ (Disability Services Queensland). This was amalgamated with the Department of Communities in March 2009 as part of the MOG (Machinery of Government) changes after the Queensland State Election in 2009.

Primary disability groups are a broad categorisation of disabilities in terms of the underlying health condition, impairment, activity limitations, participation restrictions and environmental factors. Other significant disability group(s) (other than that indicated as being ‘primary') that also clearly express the experience of disability by a person and/or cause difficulty for the person.

Disability Services National Minimum Data Set collection (previously Commonwealth State/Territory Disability Agreement National Minimum Data Set collection or CSTDA NMDS).

Disability Services Queensland now part of the Department of Communities, Disability and Community Care Services.

These are services for which you provide a Tax Invoice to the department, as opposed to grants which are paid in advance.

Funded Non-Government Service Provider

Whether the service type outlet has received NDA funding for the full financial year.

Whether the service type outlet operated for the full quarterly reporting period.

A unique number assigned to each funded agency, by Department of Communities

A funded service provider is an organisation that delivers one or more DS NMDS service types (service type outlets). Funded service providers are usually legal entities. They are generally responsible for providing DS NMDS data to jurisdictions. 

The jurisdiction (State, Territory or Australian Government) providing NDA funding to the funded service provider and the jurisdiction in which the funds are allocated.

Health and Community Care

The number of hours per day that the service type outlet is usually open for the provision of service (not the number of hours staffed).

The number of hours of support received by a person for this DS NMDS service type over the quarterly reporting period.

The number of hours of support received by a person for this DS NMDS service type in the seven-day reference week preceding the end of the reporting period.

Whether or not a person identifies themselves as being of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin.

Whether or not a person is currently receiving individualised funding under the NDA.

Requirement for interpreter services as perceived by the person seeking assistance.

Information Privacy Principles

The self-reported status the person currently has in being either in the labour force (employed/unemployed) or not in the labour force.

Whether the person lives alone or with other related or unrelated persons.

The reason that the person stopped receiving services from the service type outlet.

The main source of income of the person, if they are aged 16 years or more.

National Disability Agreement (formerly Commonwealth-State/Territory Disability Agreement or CSTDA)

National Privacy Principles

Total number of people receiving a particular NDA funded service type during the reporting period.

Online Data Collection - a web-based data collection tool provided free of charge for use by NDA funded service providers

Receipt of the Carer Allowance (Child) by a parent or guardian of a person, if the service user is aged less than 16 years.

A unique number that identifies a service user record within a funded service provider.

The reference week is the seven-day week preceding the end of the quarterly reporting period.

NDA funded service providers are asked to record key information about service users on an ongoing basis, so that they can transmit the required information at the end of each ‘reporting period'. The reporting period in Queensland is quarterly, based on the financial year.

The type of physical accommodation in which the person usually resides (‘usually' being four or more days per week on average).

Services within the scope of the collection are those for which funding has been provided, during the specified period, by a government organisation operating under the NDA. A funded service provider may receive funding from multiple sources. Where a funded service provider is unable to differentiate service users and/or staff according to funding source (i.e. NDA or other), they are asked to provide details of all service users and staff (for each service type).

A service is a support activity delivered to a service user in accordance with the NDA. Services within the scope of the collection are those for which funding has been provided, during the specified period, by a government organisation operating under the NDA.

The date on which the person ceases to be a service user of the NDA funded service type outlet.ervice exit date

The location where are particular service type is given or sourced. There may be several service types in an outlet (see also ‘service type outlet’)

Previously called the funded agency, the Service Provider is the body funded under the NDA.

The date on which a person began to receive support from a NDA funded service type outlet.

Service type is the support activity which the service type outlet has been funded to provide under the NDA. The NMDS classifies services according to ‘service type'. The ‘service type' classification groups services into seven categories (known as ‘service groups'): accommodation support; community support; community access; respite; employment; advocacy, information and alternative forms of communication; and other support services. Within each of these categories there are subcategories.

A service type outlet is the unit of the funded service provider that delivers a particular DS NMDS service type at, or from, a discrete location. If a funded service provider provides, say, both accommodation support and respite services, it is counted as two service type outlets. Similarly, if a service provider is funded to provide more than one accommodation support service type (for example, group homes and attendant care) then it is providing (and is usually separately funded for) two different service types, that is, there are two service type outlets for the funded service provider.

The date the service type outlet ceased operation.

The date the service type outlet commenced operation

A service user is a person with a disability who receives a NDA funded service. A service user may receive more than one service over a period of time or on a single day.

Postcode of the person's residential address.

The sex of the person.

Statistical Local Area

Statistical Linkage Key: the second, third and fifth letters of the person's surname; the second and third letters of the person's given name, their date of birth and their sex.

The actual total hours worked by staff on behalf of the service type outlet, including contracted staff and volunteers for the seven-day reference week preceding the end of the reporting period. Separate figures should be entered for paid staff and unpaid staff (where applicable).

The hours worked in a typical seven-day week by staff on behalf of the service type outlet, including contracted staff and volunteers over the reporting period. This data item is designed to enable service type outlets to reflect that the staff hours in the reference week may not be typical. Separate figures should be entered for paid staff and unpaid staff (where applicable).

The need for personal help or supervision in each of the areas of: Self-care; Mobility; Communication; Interpersonal interactions and relationships; Learning, applying knowledge and general tasks and demands; Education; Community (civic) and economic life; Domestic life; Working.

The number of weeks per year that the service type outlet usually operates.