ow: Code Category Description N1 Abuse or neglect Children in need as a result of, or at risk of, abuse or neglect; also includes children at risk because of domestic violence. N2 Child’s disability Children and families whose main need for services arises because of their child’s disability, illness or intrinsic condition. N3 Parental disability or illness Children whose main need for services arises because the capacity of their parent(s) (or carer(s)) to care for them is impaired by the parent(s) (or carer(s)) disability, physical or mental illness, or addictions. N4 Family in acute stress Children whose needs arise from living in a family that is going through a temporary crisis that diminishes the parental capacity to adequately meet some of the children’s needs. 39 Code Category Description N5 Family dysfunction Children whose needs primarily arise from living in a family where the parenting capacity is chronically inadequate. N6 Socially unacceptable behaviour Children and families whose need for services primarily arise out of the child’s behaviour impacting detrimentally on the community. N7 Low income Children, living in families or independently, whose needs primarily arise from being dependent on an income below the standard state entitlements. N8 Absent parenting Children whose needs for services arise mainly from having no parents available to provide for them. N9 Cases other than children in need Children who have been adopted and, although they are no longer a child in need, receive adoption support from children’s social services immediately after adoption. This should not be used where a child receives an adoption payment only as these children should not be included in the census. The previous definition of ‘N9’ from 2005 was casework which is require