KAMCAS Referral Form Completion Guidelines

A link to open the  online KAMCAS referral form is at the bottom of this page

Please review the information below to assist you in completing the online KAMCAS referral form

Referrals to KAMCAS can be made by professionals from secondary services (i.e. Mental Health Together, Mental Health Together +, Adult Social Care, All Age Eating Disorder Service, Early Intervention in Psychosis, or Liaison Psychiatry), or professionals from the Dynamic Support Approach (i.e. Dynamic Support Service, Dynamic Support Forum, or Care (Education) and Treatment Review process).

 KAMCAS can offer:

1. Specialist autism consultation about a specific autistic individual to professionals through system navigation, guidance and meeting attendance, or support with reasonable adjustments and specific queries.
2. Urgent (within 5 working days) specialist autism consultation to reduce or ameliorate risk factors and increase protective factors for a specific autistic individual to address rapid deterioration posing imminent (within 7 days) risk of severe harm to self or others, admission to hospital, or/and disposal by the Criminal Justice System.
3. Direct interventions to a specific autistic individual to address communicative, sensory, wellbeing, environmental or psychological needs that cannot be met by secondary services.

 KAMCAS provides specialist consultation and interventions for individuals who:

• Are 17 years and 6 months or older
• Have a diagnosis of autism and no co-occurring diagnosis of intellectual/learning disability
• Are considered ready for discharge from hospital or release from prison, or are unable to retain their place in the community due to significant risk in the short term (12 weeks) of: hospitalisation, conviction, court disposal, suicide, and/or severe harm to self or others

AND

• For whom local services and health provision have been inadequate to meet their needs

 You will need proof of your client’s autism diagnosis, and will be asked to upload evidence of the diagnosis, preferably a diagnostic report. If you are not able to provide evidence you will not be able to complete the referral form.

 You will need to confirm that your client has consented to the referral (or provide evidence of the Best Interest Decision).

 If you wish for consultation or an urgent response, you will need to confirm that your client is registered on Dynamic Support Register/Database and that they consent to KAMCAS checking their registration.

 You will need to provide contact details for you and other professionals working with your client, and provide your availability within the next 2 weeks for a discussion about clinically relevant information to help us understand the risks and full complexity of this client. This will help us to provide an autism-informed risk formulation, with a view to offering consultation, assessment and intervention for the client, as appropriate.

You will be able to save your form entry progress before final submission to KAMCAS.

 Please note: Uploaded files will not be saved and will have to be re-uploaded before final form submission