Stockport home treatment team offers short-term mental health support to people aged 16+ in their own homes.
Our team has a consultant psychiatrist, mental health nurses, social workers, support workers and an occupational therapist.
We can provide intensive support as an alternative to hospital admission, or can facilitate early discharge if you are already in hospital.
Alternatively, we can offer brief intervention if you're in a mental health crisis.
We work closely with our consultant psychiatrist and community mental health teams. As part of your care, you may be referred or signposted to alternative services to address longer-term needs.
The role of the gatekeeper is:
- To identify if you are appropriate for the acute care pathway.
- If appropriate, to determine the setting (home treatment team or admission).
- If the referral does not meet the acute care pathway, to advise the referrer of alternative support.
The gatekeeper needs to determine:
- If you are in crisis
- What a crisis is
- If you have acute mental health needs
- If all other options have been exhausted
- If other teams currently involved have escalated to the limits of their resources
If you are open to the home treatment team and you require support, please do not hesitate to contact us on 0161 716 5825.
If you have been discharged from the team, you can contact your GP or any other professional involved in your care.
You can also call 111 for crisis mental health support, or visit our helplines page for more contacts.
As a carer, you will be offered the opportunity and time to discuss your concerns with a member of our team. You can always contact us and provide information that you feel is important. The information that you provide is very valuable to us and helps inform our assessment and treatment.
If the person you care for gives us permission to share information, then we can share all aspects of treatment and care.
However, if they don't give permission to share information, we are bound by laws of confidentiality. We will then only be able to share generalised information about our team, mental health illness and treatment in general.
At times, someone may give us permission to share only specific information that is important to their care. If at any times we assess that there is an immediate risk to them, then we may in these instances break confidentiality.
We always encourage people to give permission to share information with you as carers, as we value the important role that you play in their care. But sometimes people wish to withhold information.
We will always ensure you have the necessary information of what to do in a crisis.
We know you play an essential role in helping your loved ones to stay well or get better, and so we are committed to the role of carers and follow the six key standards of the Triangle of Care.
Helpful contacts
As a carer you have the right to an assessment of your needs and a care plan. We will offer you a referral to Mind who will undertake this on our behalf.
Stockport Mind Mental Health Carers Support Service
A service to provide confidential, impartial information, support and advice to mental health carers.
Stockport MIND, Dove House, Union Street, Stockport, SK1 3NP Tel: 0161 475 6229
https://www.stockportmind.org.uk
Signpost Stockport for Carers
An independent local charity supporting Stockport carers.
The Heatons Centre, Thornfield Road, Stockport, SK4 3LD Tel: 0161 442 0442
http://www.signpostforcarers.org.uk
Carers UK - www.carersuk.org
Carers Trust - www.carers.org