team decision, who will this include?
How will you define and prioritise client needs (health, social, welfare,
legal etc.?)
Once you have decided which individuals fit your service definition of ‘torture
survivor and their family members’, how will you prioritise who you will
offer a service to (e.g. those with urgent health needs or risks, those who are
at risk of self-harm, harm against others, suicide, neglect, young people in need
of protection, those at risk of homelessness, those in detention,
removal/deportation etc.).
Will you see all those who fit your service/centre criteria? If demand
outstrips your service resources, will you have a waiting list? How will you
operate a waiting list and monitor changing circumstances of those on your
waiting list and changing prioritisation?
If you decide not all individuals who fit your service criteria (all or some criteria)
can be offered a service, how will you decide who you will turn away, and
to where? In making such organisational decisions it is good practice to
consider:
The remit and organisational priorities of the service/centre
Availability of resources and skills and appropriately qualified staff
Availability of alternative, appropriate services (State, NGO etc.) where
some survivors or their families could receive a service
In deciding what aspects of client details are registered, each service will have its own
system. In some services there may be an initial referral form with key details which the
service/centre needs to register the individual and to make an initial decision about
whether to see the person or not. Some services may decide on key information they
need to register at an initial assessment (using what is sometimes called an ‘intake
assessment form’). Some services may have a further full, holistic assessment
registration form. Each service/centre will make organisational decisions as to what is
the best system and what the key information the centre/service needs. Client
information commonly registered by rehabilitation centres/services is presented below:
Types of information to include for client registration
The different types of information to include for client registration, and to help decide if
the client fits the service priorities could include:
Client’s service identification number
Client name, date of birth, gender, address
Country of origin
Ethnicity, religious background, first language
Nationality
Legal status (citizen, refugee, asylum seeker, IDP, unknown)
Relationship status (married/civil partnership, widowed, divorced, separated,
living together, unknown)
Education level (primary, lower secondary education, upper secondary
education, post-secondary, non-tertiary education, tertiary/higher education)
Occupation
Current employment status (unemployed, part-time, full- time, unknown).
If unemployed: reason
Monthly income (in local currency)
Type of housing/accommodation
Housing condition (poor, moderate, good, excellent)
Number of people living in the house
Number of minors living in the same house
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