Multi-Disciplinary Team - MDT offered at Kids' Mental Health Pierce County
Provides a community-based, family-focused multidisciplinary team of community stakeholders, providers, and advocates who aim to assist providers and families with complex behavioral health presentations, care coordination and case planning. Assists with tasks such as: - outpatient service recommendations, - care coordination needs, - behavioral management strategies, - safety planning strategies, - transitional planning, - discharge planning and family engagement strategies. This is a pilot program through Kids’ Mental Health Pierce County. The theme of Phase I will focus on: Community Collaboration and Crisis Treatment Planning. There are two MDT Pathways: Crisis Pathway vs Community MDT. The Crisis Pathway is for emergent meeting needs that need to occur within 24-72 hours. This meeting will convene via conference call (WebEx) or in the community when able. The Community MDT will be held monthly on a set schedule for consultation regarding complex cases and behavioral health high utilizers.
Hours
Office: M-F, 8am-4pm
Application process
Referrals can be made through Kids Mental Health Pierce County website https://kidsmentalhealthpiercecounty.org/
Eligibility
Any Pierce County youth with a complex behavioral health presentation defined as youth with high risk behaviors or risk factors, youth involved in two or more systems (juvenile justice, mental health, substance use disorder, foster care, etc.). High Utilizers described as youth with multiple Emergency Department (ED) presentations, multiple inpatient hospitalizations. Any other complex psychosocial presentation that would benefit from multidisciplinary team review.
Fee
No cost to the client.
Agency info
Kids' Mental Health Pierce County - KMHPC
Kids’ Mental Health—Pierce County (KMHPC) is a coalition of people and agencies in Pierce County that are joining together to address the growing behavioral health crisis among school age children and youth. Kids’ Mental Health - Pierce County is dedicated to developing a coordinated, responsive behavioral health system that serves the needs of children, youth and families at the right time, in the best place, with the best outcome for every family. KMHPC coordinates with initiatives focused on young children to create a continuum of behavioral health services starting at birth. Our shared values engender trust and link coalition members together. Children are at the center of our work. We are committed to supporting children’s well-being, promoting cultural responsiveness and equity, and incorporating youth and family voice into our work. Our long-term vision is to reduce the number and severity of behavioral health issues in school-age children and youth (K-12) across Pierce County. To start, we are building coordinated, effective and efficient behavioral health services for these children and youth. “Crisis” is defined by the youth and family when the youth’s needs outweigh the existing resources within the family.