Who does the Cst currently support

2. Who does the Cst currently support • General stats are:- • 12 STAFF CARRYING A CASE LOAD OF ABOUT 85 SU’S • PERHAPS 7-10% ARE CURRENTLY IN ASSESSMENT (2 PER WORKER~) • 38-39% OF THE TOTAL CASE LOAD ARE THOUGHT TO BE COPING W ITH DD THAT’S ABOUT 33 PEOPLE - OF THOSE 23 ARE MALE AND 10 ARE FEMALE • ISSUES COVER POLY DRUG USE, TO ALCOHOL OR CANNABIS ONLY, AS WELL AS PRESCRIPTION DRUGS • A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE SU’S HAVE PDMANY HAVE THIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER MENTAL ILL HEALTH ISSUES SUCH AS SCHIZOPHRENIA, DEPRESSION ETC.

3. Our Criteria • 18 AND OVER • RESIDENT OR HOMELESS IN LEEDS • HAVE HAD ACUTE MENTAL HEALTH DIFFICULTIES , LIVING IN COMMUNITY OR SOON TO BE DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL/PRISON • HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY EXCLUDED FROM SERVICES, OR BEEN UNABLE TO ACCESS OTHER SERVICES

4. OurApproach • WE USE A NUMBER OF METHODOLOGIES SUCH AS …SOLUTION FOCUSED INTERVIEWING, NON-JUDMENTAL POSITIVE REGARD, AND MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING, HOWEVER, THE OVERARCHING STANCE IS A STREGTHS BASED ONE. • AS A TEAM WE PROVIDE INDIVIDUALLY TAILORED SUPPORT • AND WE AS WELL AS SU’S KEEP TRACK OF PROGRESS USING THE OUTCOME STAR • SOCIAL MODEL ASSERTIVE OUTREACH TEAM • SUPPORT IF HAVE DIAGNOSIS OR NOT • PEOPLE CAN SELF REFER AND ARE SUPPORTED WHEN THEY DO

5. CST and DD in the future • TOUCHSTONE DUE TO IT’S REFERAL CRITERIA HAS SINCE ITS INCEPTION WORKED WITH AND SUPPORTED THOSE STRUGGLING WITH DD. THIS HAS MADE US MINDFUL OF HOW DIFFICULT THESE SU’S IN PARTICULAR FIND IT, NOT ONLY TO ENGAGE AND STAY ENGAGED, BUT ALSO ACCESS THE KIND OF SUPPORT THAT MEETS THEIR NEEDS. • AS A TEAM, WE ARE COMMITTED TO IMPROVING OUTCOMES FOR DD SU’S WITHIN OUR SERVICE. • SUCH AS BETTER ASSESSMENT AND TRACKING OF WHAT ACTUALLY WORKS FOR THAT PART OF THE CLIENT BASE AND LISTENING TO SU’S IS AN IMPORRTANT PART OF THAT, AS IS BEING A PART OF THE DD NETWORK