About this service
The Specialist Triage Assessment Referral and Treatment Team (START) provides timely triage, assessment, onward referral/signposting and treatment for service users referred without the need for multiple assessments.
The team screens and assesses the needs of all referrals and signposts on to other services, creating a seamless and timely care pathway. The team provide functions which include ongoing assessment, brief interventions and a case management function for some service users.
We accept referrals from a range of sources including:
GPs and other primary care health professionals
Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH)
Mindsmatter services
Community Restart Team
Carer of patient relative
Self-referral including self-presentation
Other professionals such as health visitors and social workers
Probation Service
Third party and voluntary organisations
START operates core hours between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday during a standard working week. After 4.30pm and out of hours, the home treatment practitioner will act as the duty START practitioner. When a person contacts the team out of hours in need of help, the practitioner will support the person.
The Specialist Triage Assessment Referral and Treatment Team (START) provides timely triage, assessment, onward referral/signposting and treatment for service users referred without the need for multiple assessments.
The team screens and assesses the needs of all referrals and signposts on to other services, creating a seamless and timely care pathway. The team provide functions which include ongoing assessment, brief interventions and a case management function for some service users.
We accept referrals from a range of sources including:
GPs and other primary care health professionals
Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH)
Mindsmatter services
Community Restart Team
Carer of patient relative
Self-referral including self-presentation
Other professionals such as health visitors and social workers
Probation Service
Third party and voluntary organisations
START operates core hours between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday during a standard working week. After 4.30pm and out of hours, the home treatment practitioner will act as the duty START practitioner. When a person contacts the team out of hours in need of help, the practitioner will support the person.