Student Placement Profile
AMH - Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team
Service / Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team (Adult Mental Health)Location(s) / The Orchards,
St James Hospital
Key contact details / Carla Roadnight – Modern Matron
Charlotte Hope – Senior Practitioner
Tel: 02392682520
Description of Service / 24 hour 7 day a week service offering emergency assessments and home treatment for clients experiencing urgent mental health problems. The Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team is an alternative to in-patient admission. Clients are usually seen in their own homes for intensive short term, recovery focused support. The team also provide early discharge assessments for clients on leaving hospital. The team has a Day Treatment Service which can provide a recovery focused programme for up to 6 weeks, for clients with complex needs to improve their daily functioning in line with person centred care plans.
Other areas of interest and related experience available / Students will have the opportunity to spend time with the Mental Health Liaison Team at QA Hospital, The Recovery Community Teams, The A2I Assessment Team, Recovery College and the In-Patient Units.
Work/Shift pattern / Worked over a 4 day week:
Early- 08:00 – 17:45
Late: 12:15 – 22:00
Night: 22:00 – 08:00
Dress/Uniform code / No uniform, smart casual dress
Staff room / Rest Room facilities / yes
Library / IT Resources / Some IT Resources available
Induction / Orientation Programmes
Welcome Folder / yes
Induction Pack
Student Tutorial / Seminar Programme (if available)
Prior recommended reading / websites / resources / Anything on Crisis Team s within Mental Health
Common assessments / interventions / procedures / treatments / evaluations / Mental state examinations, risk assessments, CROS care plans, recovery interventions, Brief Solution Focused Therapy, medication, goal setting, mindfulness
Common conditions seen / Depression, anxiety, psychosis, drug induced psychosis, personality disorder, bi-pola, schizophrenia,
Specific areas of expertise/clinical skills which students can observe / learn from / Practice / Assessing client’s in mental health crisis, assessing suicidal clients, positive risk taking, managing challenging behaviour, telephone assessments, looking after clients detained on sec 136 of the Mental Health Act, decision making regarding admission to hospital, medication management, multi-disciplinary team meetings
List of inter-professional learning opportunities available during placement / Observe time with an Approved Mental Health Practitioner undertaking assessments under the Mental Health Act.
Observe time with Medical Team.
Spend time with Day Treatment
Our expectations of learners whilst on this placement / To participate in the placement, meeting the expectations of the university and the placement. To seek advice and supervision as and when required and to raise any concerns re the placement or their learning at the earliest opportunity. To be motivated and engaged in the placement.
**Please ensure that you make contact with your placement area and your mentor prior to the start of your placement
Excerpts from student evaluations