The Adult Community Teams provide specialist mental health assessment, care and treatment for people across seven community-based locations in north and northwestern metropolitan Melbourne. 
When a person is admitted to our Community Team, a mental health clinician and a treating doctor are allocated to work with them. Our multidisciplinary Community Teams work in collaboration with the person, their General Practitioner, private psychiatrist, family/carers and other supports as appropriate. Together they work on a plan to support recovery. 

The Community Teams typically offer: 
• face-to-face clinical assessment 
• development of a joint recovery and wellness plan, based on the needs and preferences of the consumer and their family/carer 
• clinical interventions; short or longer-term based on the person’s needs 
• care likely to include linkages to primary care supports, support for recovery, physical health screening, psycho education, short term therapy and medication support 

They also offer a consultative service to primary care to enhance the capacity of primary care providers to recognise and treat mental health disorders in the community, through: 
• specialist assessment, secondary consultation and provision of advice and education 
• facilitating the linking with other service providers 
• providing shared care with other health professionals 
• providing post-care for people who have completed an episode of care and are having intermittent follow-up, including phone calls and/or review appointments 

The type of support and intervention provided by our Adult Community Teams depends on need and varies in duration from a few weeks to a much longer period.  

 If you would like to discuss an appointment, contact Triage on 1300 874 243 (1300 TRIAGE)