Islington Assertive Outreach Team
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Initial care planning involving identification of specific problems and client goals.
- Care coordination and CPA
- Physical health monitoring including smoking cessation
- Medication management and treatment plans
- Drug and alcohol support including motivational interviewing and harm minimisation
- Safeguarding vulnerable adults
- Relapse prevention – crisis and contingency planning
- Practical support including housing and benefits/money management and budgeting
- Appointeeship where appropriate
- Use of Personal budgets
- Recovery focussed goals
- Specialised treatment interventions e.g. CBT
- Establishing engagement: weekly, twice weekly visits; 2 person visits where necessary
- Establishing risk management plans
- Promotion of social engagement
- Use of Mental Health Act
We are a small team of professionals working as Multi-disciplinary and within IAOT model of team approach.
- A dedicated full time Consultant psychiatrist with 2 SpRs on rotation
- A team of experienced mental health nurses
- A team of social workers
- A psychologist
- Occupational Therapist
- Access to Forensic services
- Team members have more frequent contacts with service users and respond proactively with home visits and outreach depot administrations
- Borough(s): Islington
- Email: nlft.islingtonaot@nhs.net
- Age range treated: 18-65
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Address:
The Southwood Smith Centre, 11 Southwood Smith Street, Islington, London, N1 0YL
- Phone number: 02033174850
- Service hours: 9am- 5pm, Monday to Friday.
Conditions treated
- Schizophrenia
- Affective Disorders: Bipolar Affective Disorder and Schizoaffective Disorder
How to access this service
The team will consider referrals from the following sources:
- Rehabilitation and Recovery Teams
- Inpatient wards
- North London Forensic service
- Camden and Islington Assessment teams
- Camden and Islington Early Intervention Service
- Focus Homeless Outreach Service
- Accommodation Team
A referral may be taken over the phone or via email. An initial discussion is welcomed and advice and signposting offered if the referral is deemed inappropriate.
- New referrals will be presented in the Thursday weekly clinical meeting
- If the referral is accepted a worker will be identified to lead on the assessment process
- Assessments are undertaken by 2 staff – preferably one worker will be a doctor
- If accepted the client will be allocated a care a keyworker and a transfer is negotiated.
An average of 4 weeks is our goal. Delays will be communicated and if a longer delay is anticipated, referral will be closed and advise the refer when they can make a fresh referral.
Who is this service for?
With accept patients with a mixture of:
- A severe and persistent mental disorder (e.g. Schizophrenia, major affective disorders)
- A history of high use of inpatient or intensive home based care)
- Difficulty in maintaining lasting and consenting contacts with services.
- Multiple, complex needs including a number of the following:
- History of violence or persistent offending
- Significant risk of persistent self-harm or neglect
- Poor response to previous treatment
- Dual diagnosis of substance misuse and serious mental illness
- Detention under the Mental Health Act (1983) and possibly subject to CTO on at least one occasion
Service manager(s)
Dave Fearon- Head of Service
Curtis Vera- Service Manager
Celestine Buluma- Team Manager
