Social care mental health teams
Mental health social care supports people with a mental health diagnosis and a social care need, we have the following services in Newham:
- Adult Mental Health Access and Assessment Team
- Recovery Team
- Review and Move on Team
- Approved Mental Health Professionals.
- Older Adults Mental Health Team
Adult Mental Health Access and Assessment Team
The Adult Mental Health Access and Assessment Team (MHAAT) is the single point of access for all referrals to Mental Health Social Care.
If you are already receiving a service from the NHS (East London NHS Foundation Trust) for your mental illness, please talk to your Doctor, Communiy Psychiatric Nurse or other mental health professionals about getting social care help.
Adult MHAAT service
Adult MHAAT can:
- Provide signposting, information and advice on local mental health services
- Support access to services and resources in the community
- Undertake an initial needs assessment of people with mental health issues and their carers to establish care and support needs and any risks
- Determine people's eligibility for care and support under the Care Act
- Maximise the use of available resources to reduce further dependency on social care support
- Gather information on safeguarding concerns to determine the level of involvement needed
- Facilitate hospital discharge for patients with mental health illness who are referred by Newham Centre for Mental Health
- Reduce deterioration in people's situations and promote independence and wellbeing.
Making a referral to Adult MHAAT
To make a referral, contact the Adult MHAAT by emailing AdultMentalHealthAccess@newham.gov.uk or calling 020 8430 2000.
MHAAT will accept referrals from anyone including:
- Self-referrals
- Friends
- Family
- Neighbours
- Organisations.
After acceptance of a referral, a worker will possibly be allocated to conduct an assessment and create a plan of support to meet the individual needs (subject to Care Act criteria).
To be eligible to access mental health social care services, you must:
- Have a mental illness
- Be unable to achieve two or more of the daily tasks listed below as a result of your illness.
We will look at whether you need help to do the daily tasks and if this impacts significantly on your wellbeing.
Daily tasks includes managing and maintaining:
- Nutrition
- Personal hygiene
- Toilet needs
- Being appropriately clothed
- Being able to make use of the home safely
- A habitable home environment
- Family and other personal
- Work, training, education or volunteering
- Using necessary facilities or services in the local community
- Any caring responsibilities the adult has for a child relationships.
Mental Health Enablement Team
The Mental Health Enablement service is a preventative and recovery based service helping to develop and implement goals whilst promoting independence, choice and control. We offer intensive, hands on support for up to 6 months to enable our customers to take positive steps to maintain good mental health and wellbeing.
This intervention aims to reduce the need for hospital admission and focuses on the promotion of personalised goals and practical support. The team works with anyone aged 18-65 with mental health issues and a willingness to engage in support. Referrals come from a variety of services including ELFT, GP’s, self-referrals and carers, and are screened through the MHAAT duty system.
Older People’s Mental Health Team
The Older Adults Mental Health Team supports adults over the age of 65 with a functional mental difficulty. The team receive referrals through Adult MHAAT . They also accept referrals from the Community Mental Health Teams and inpatient services within East London NHS Foundation Trust as well as other organisations.
Once the referral has been accepted, a social worker will be allocated to conduct an assessment as outlined in the Care Act (2014) and a care and support plan will be devised which will be regularly reviewed. In addition, the team provide support to families and carers by completing carers assessments under the Care Act. If the person being assessed does not qualify for support from Adult Social Care, advice and guidance will be provided regarding accessing alternative sources of support.
Review & Move On Team
The Review & Move-on Team (RMOT) undertake annual reviews of people living in mental health placements and aim to support them in to more independent accommodation. The team is able to provide follow-up support after any accommodation move to ensure the individual’s health and wellbeing is promoted.
If someone does not qualify for services, the team will help them to access local services in the community who may be able to deal with the presenting problem.
Newham Social Care Recovery Team
Recovery Teams work alongside someone where they may be already receiving treatment and support for a mental health issue.
There are two Recovery Teams, referrals are made through Adult MHAAT and will be allocated to a case manager for assessment on a case by case basis.
Approved Mental Health Professionals Service (AMHPs)
Approved mental health professionals (AMHPs) are trained to implement elements of the Mental Health Act 1983, as amended by the Mental Health Act 2007, together with medical practitioners.
AMHPs are responsible for organising, co-ordinating and contributing to Mental Health Act assessments.
It is the AMHP's duty, when two medical recommendations have been made, to decide whether or not to make an application to a named hospital for the detention of the person who has been assessed.
The AMHP Service is managed by LBN and sits within LBN Mental Health Services.