Intensive Community Team (ICT)

Programme Areas

Mental health

Programme Type

Non-acute specialist mental health community services

Regions

Northland

Age Groups

Adult / pakeke

Referral Types

DHB clinical services, Corrections

Referral Process

Clients are referred to the Intensive Community Team from other mental health services, whether forensic, inpatient or local Community Mental Health & Addiction Teams.

Description

This service provides assertive community outreach to clients identified as at high risk, primarily due to reluctance to engage in mental health treatment. The majority of clients were previously high users of adult mental health services. This is a regional service, based at Whangarei and in Kaikohe.