How to make a referral to Closer2Home
Referrals to Closer2Home are made by health care professionals in the same way as a referral for Tier 4 inpatient services by completing a FORM 1. The service is delivered in Hampshire and Dorset only.
Please refer to the inclusion and exclusion criteria before making a referral.
Inclusion criteria:
- Young people referred to Tier 4 CAMHs who might benefit from intensive home treatment as an alternative to admission
Exclusion criteria:
- Young people who need an emergency or urgent response to crisis
- Young people whose risk necessitates constant supervision or medical stabilisation
- Young people with challenging behaviour not solely attributable to mental disorder
- Young people who do not have a place to live
| Eating disorders | Includes mental state and risk monitoring, physical observations, meal support and post-meal supervision and support to carers. |
|---|---|
| Emotional dysregulation and repeated self-harm | Behaviour Therapy (DBT), medication monitoring and interface between Tier 4 and Tier 3 CAMHS |
| Psychosis/severe affective disorders/severe anxiety disorders | Includes mental state and risk monitoring, medication monitoring and interface between Tier 4 and Tier 3 CAMHS |
Dependant on the treatment pathway, we offer a range of interventions including Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT). This will be made up of 1:1 therapy, skills groups, telephone support and family sessions, where required.
We also provide additional support to complement the care of the local Eating Disorder Service for young people with complex eating disorders, which includes visits to support young people and their families.
We tailor our interventions to the young person, including those with neurodevelopmental differences and/or intellectual impairments who display behaviour that challenges, including affective disorders with debilitating anxiety disorders, and emerging psychosis that may necessitate admission.
