Sample intake information - Financial Counselling Program

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Collect client’s demographic information

  • Sex
  • Age
  • Postcode
  • Language spoken at home (Cultural and Linguistic Diversity (CALD) Status)
  • Aboriginal and Torres Straight islander (ATSI) Status
  • Household type
  • Income source
  • Income level including household income
  • Causes of financial difficulty for example credit card debts, job loss, unpaid fines etc
  • What are the client’s concerns?
  • What are the client’s specific debts?
  • Is the client current with repayments or have they defaulted on debts?
  • Has the client been issued with legal proceedings?
  • Does the client have a complaint or issue with the handing of their issue?
  • What actions has the client taken regarding their issues?
  • Family breakdown
  • Family violence
  • Mental illness
  • Problem gambling
  • Substance abuse

Consider information about the client’s financial circumstances

  • Income source
  • Income level including household income
  • Causes of financial difficulty for example credit card debts, job loss, unpaid fines etc

Consider information about the client’s current financial problem

  • What are the client’s concerns?
  • What are the client’s specific debts?
  • Is the client current with repayments or have they defaulted on debts?
  • Has the client been issued with legal proceedings?
  • Does the client have a complaint or issue with the handing of their issue?
  • What actions has the client taken regarding their issues?

Consider relevant information concerning the client’s broader circumstances

  • Family breakdown
  • Family violence
  • Mental illness
  • Problem gambling
  • Substance abuse
  • What actions has the client taken regarding their issues?
  • Does the client have a complaint or issue with the handing of their issue?