Referrals to other services may be necessary if a client:
- Has clinical issues that require a multidisciplinary team or psychiatric assessment.
- Requires medication support.
- Requires specialist interventions or support (such as drugs/alcohol/eating disorder).
- Presents with a high level of risk to themselves, to others or from others.
- Is best helped by practitioners with a different skill set or approach (see: Supporting clients who need a different modality to your offering)
In all cases, discussing the referral with the client and gaining their consent is advisable. It may be the case that, for some services, the client may have to self-refer due to consent regulations or information required that is only known by them.
There may be some referrals that can only be done by their doctor, in which case practitioners should ask the client to speak to them directly, supporting them with any information that might be beneficial for them to share.
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