T10 – Completed needs assessment Keywords HISO PRIMHD description Additional comments Finalising a needs Completion of a formal needs The intent of this activity is to be able to separate out the number of completed needs assessments or assessment assessment by an individual (Needs formal reassessments. Assessor) contracted to provide Contracted needs This activity should only be entered by contracted needs assessors. It is only entered once at the end of needs assessment and service assessors only the process. coordination (NASC). One T10 per The needs assessment process is often more than a one-off contact. Any other activity the needs assessor completed needs undertakes leading up to the finalisation should be recorded as the appropriate activity code, and then on assessment or formal completion a formal needs assessment T10 is entered. reassessment Is the service user example Case scenario PRIMHD activity Relevant business rules or a direct recipient? type code rationale Activity purpose Finalisation of needs Yes CM A worker contracted to provide NASC (needs T10 Contact duration is assessment or assessment and service coordination) services 30 minutes. reassessment finalises a needs assessment completion or finalises a formal reassessment. The session takes 30 minutes. Contact with service user Yes CM Leading up to the completion of a needs assessment Four separate sessions with leading up to the completion there had been four half-hour sessions with the service the service user are entered of a needs assessment user over several days. as code T42 for 30 minutes each. Contact with service No CM Leading up to the completion of a needs assessment The session with the service user’s family leading up to the there is an hour-long session with the service family is coded as T32 user’s user’s completion of a needs family without the service user present. with a 60-minute contact assessment duration. Contact with service No CM Leading up to the completion of a needs assessment Not reported to If the two workers are in the user’s case manager leading up to there is contact with the service case manager, PRIMHD same organisation or agency, user’s the completion of a needs who works in a different team within the same agency this activity is not sent to assessment or organisation. PRIMHD. Contact with the service case manager is coded user’s T08 only if the case manager is from an external agency.
T10 – Completed needs assessment Keywords HISO PRIMHD description Additional comments Finalising a needs assessment Contracted needs assessors only One T10 per completed needs assessment or formal reassessment Completion of a formal needs assessment by an individual (Needs Assessor) contracted to provide needs assessment and service coordination (NASC). The intent of this activity is to be able to separate out the number of completed needs assessments or formal reassessments. This activity should only be entered by contracted needs assessors. It is only entered once at the end of the process. The needs assessment process is often more than a one-off contact. Any other activity the needs assessor undertakes leading up to the finalisation should be recorded as the appropriate activity code, and then on completion a formal needs assessment T10 is entered. Activity purpose Is the service user a direct recipient? example Case scenario PRIMHD activity type code Relevant business rules or rationale Finalisation of needs assessment or reassessment Yes CM A worker contracted to provide NASC (needs assessment and service coordination) services finalises a needs assessment completion or finalises a formal reassessment. The session takes 30 minutes. T10 Contact duration is 30 minutes. Contact with service user leading up to the completion of a needs assessment Yes CM Leading up to the completion of a needs assessment there had been four half-hour sessions with the service user over several days. Four separate sessions with the service user are entered as code T42 for 30 minutes each. Contact with service user’s family leading up to the completion of a needs assessment No CM Leading up to the completion of a needs assessment there is an hour-long session with the service user’s family without the service user present. The session with the service user’s family is coded as T32 with a 60-minute contact duration. Contact with service user’s case manager leading up to the completion of a needs assessment No CM Leading up to the completion of a needs assessment there is contact with the service user’s case manager, who works in a different team within the same agency or organisation. Not reported to PRIMHD If the two workers are in the same organisation or agency, this activity is not sent to PRIMHD. Contact with the service user’s case manager is coded T08 only if the case manager is from an external agency.
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