National Training – Initial Assessment and Referral (IAR) for Mental Healthcare
12:00 pm 20th June 2023
Online
Southern NSW
Illawarra Shoalhaven
Details
The IAR Guidance and Decision Support Tool (IAR-DST) is an Australian Government Department of Health
and Aged Care initiative.
The objectives of the IAR Guidance and IAR-DST are:
- A person seeking mental health assistance has their experiences understood in the context of holistic assessment domains (the 8 domains). The 8 domains help distil essential assessment information and amplify key signals (e.g., red flags) critical for decision-making.
- A person’s treatment needs are aligned to a suitable intervention intensity based on the least intensive and least intrusive evidence-based intervention that will likely lead to the most significant possible gain (the 5 levels of care). The approach is designed to minimise the risks that arise
through under-servicing (poor outcomes) and over-servicing (unnecessary burden of care for the individual). - To provide a nationally consistent decision support tool to guide, but not replace, clinical judgement and consumer choice (the IAR-DST).
The workshop will focus on:
- Introduction to IAR and the development of the National Guidance.
- Orientation to the domains, levels of care, and decision support tool.
- Clinical judgement and supported decision-making.
- Application of the IAR in referral, assessment, and intake settings (practical activity using vignettes).
Learning outcomes
- Participants are familiar with the principles underpinning the national approach to stepped care.
- Participants have an awareness of and confidence in the IAR development process.
- Participants can apply the IAR Guidance in practice settings, using the domains and the decision support tool to generate a recommended level of care.
- Participants understand the Levels of Care and can determine regional services matched against the levels of care.
- Participants understand the principles of clinical decision-making and consumer choice and can practice following these principles and using supported decision-making strategies
Time: 12:00pm - 2:30pm
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Contact
Jenni Campbell -National Delivery Partner,Initial Assessment and Referral Project
Email: Jenni.a.campbell@outlook.com