Definition
The Specialist Homelessness Services accommodation type and start/end date cluster captures information on the accommodation provided to a client during a collection month.
The cluster collects:
- the type of accommodation (e.g. short term/emergency, medium term/transitional, or long term) the client was provided
- the date the accommodation period commenced (record the date in the format DDMMYYYY)
- the date the accommodation period ceased (record the date in the format DDMMYYYY).
Table 1: Accommodation types by date
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Metadata items in this Data Set Specification
Below is a list of all the components within this Dataset Specification.
Each entry includes the item name, whether the item is optional, mandatory or conditional and the maximum times the item can occur in a dataset.
If the items must occur in a particular order in the dataset, the sequence number is included before the item name.
| Reference | Data Element | Data Type | Length | Inclusion | # |
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Service event—accommodation period end date, DDMMYYYY
Specific Information:
In the SHS NMDS, accommodation end date may be asked for three types of accommodation: 1) Short term or emergency, 2) Medium term or transitional, and 3) Long term. Clients may have breaks in accommodation, or move between different types of accommodation. Clients may have multiple start and end dates for the various types of accommodation. |
Date/Time | 8 | mandatory | 1 | |
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Service event—accommodation period start date, DDMMYYYY
Specific Information:
In the SHS NMDS accommodation end date may be asked for three types of accommodation: 1) Short term or emergency, 2) Medium term or transitional, and 3) Long term. Clients may have breaks in accommodation, or shift between different types of accommodation. Clients may have multiple start and end dates for the various types of accommodation. |
Date/Time | 8 | mandatory | 1 | |
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Service event—supported accommodation type, code N
Specific Information:
In the SHS NMDS, the accommodation type Other (CODE 4) is not a valid permissible value. |
- | - | mandatory | 1 |
Comments
Guide for use:
Only one type of accommodation should be recorded for each night. If a client is marked down as staying in two different types of accommodation for the same date, it will be recorded as an error.
If a client crosses the whole month check box, the first of the month should be recorded as the start date, and the last valid calendar day for that month should be recorded as the end date.
References
Related content
| Relation | Count |
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| As a numerator in an Indicator | 0 |
| As a denominator in an Indicator | 0 |
| As a disaggregation in an Indicator | 0 |