Page 4427 - Week 10 - Thursday, 22 September 2011
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(5) The total number of full-time equivalent staff for CATT is 25.94.
(6) The total number of staff rostered on per shift in CATT is broken into two components,
• CATT staff that physically attend to people in the community, and
• Staff in the Mental Health Triage service which is the phone intake and referral component of CATT.
Currently, the CATT community component shifts are configured/staggered in the following way:
• 2 staff members working from 8:00am to 4:30pm.
• 2 staff members working from 10:30am to 6:00pm.
• 3 staff members working from 2:30pm to 11:00pm.
• 1 staff member working overnight from 11:00pm to 7:30am who performs the dual function of CATT and Mental Health Triage (with an on-call worker also available).
Mental Health Triage includes:
• 1 staff member working from 7:15am to 3:45pm.
• 1 staff member from 10:30am to 7:00pm (Mon-Fri only).
• 1 staff member from 2:45pm to 11:15pm.
• 1 staff member overnight from 11:00pm to 7:30am (Note: As described above this is the same staff member who performs the role of CATT overnight).
(7) There are currently 2 FTE vacancies, both of which occurred in July 2011. Recruitment processes are underway for both vacancies, and backfilling arrangements are in place during the recruitment process.
(8) Mental health consumers can access CATT in the following ways and generally involve phone contact through Mental Health Triage service, including:
• Direct self-referral through Mental Health Triage;
• Third party referral from family, friends or carers;
• Referrals from general practitioners, private psychiatrists and other health practitioners;
• Referrals from other government agencies or non-government community organisations/agencies;
• Referrals through the Mental Health Clinician embedded in the Police Communications Centre, generally coming from the Australian Federal Police or ACT Ambulance Service;
• Intra-service referrals from other sections within Mental Health, Justice Health and Alcohol and Drug Services (i.e from Adult Community Mental Health Team);
• Presentations to the Canberra Hospital or Calvary Hospital Emergency Departments or other health facilities, both public and private.
(9) I am unable to provide an answer to this question at this time. The data is not coded to this level.
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