Implementation of Early Psychosis Intervention Program ... - EENet

66Standard 4: Psychosocial Support for the ClientStandard 4 indicates the importance of psychosocial supports to help clients to maintain orresume their usual roles within the community, and to promote hope for the future. Psychosocialcare is to be provided consistently and assertively, and tailored to the needs of the client.Supports may be offered within the team or through agreements with local providers ofeducational, vocational, skills development, housing or other services.Summary of Results:Programs were asked about their ability to deliver a range of psychosocial supports. Responsesindicated that:o Most programs are able to provide illness management most of the time.o About 70% can provide/ensure access to activities of daily living, social relationship andsubstance use support most of the time.o Rates were lower for education, income management, recreational, vocational and housingsupport (about half).o Only 37% of sites were able to provide or ensure access to self-help or peer support most ofthe time.o Psychosocial supports are provided either by internal staff or through referral. Manyprograms reported that mainstream supports were not appropriate (60%) or available (56%).Internally, programs noted a lack of resources (42%) and staff time (39%), especially forsmall programs.o Proactive effort may help to make community specialized services more accessible andappropriate for EPI program clients – this could require area/network level effort.Table 26: How often able to provide/ensure access ‘most of the time’ (Q 116)Supports for Clients% yesIllness management 89Substance use service 71Social relationship development 69Activities of daily living support 69Educational support 62Income management support 60Recreational support 54Vocational support 52Housing support 46Self-help/peer support 37