LOCUS

1. LOCUS Level Of Care Utilization System Stanislaus County BHRS Adrian Carroll

2. Goals • Measure level of consumer need • Consumer centered • Recovery oriented • Individualized • More transparency with treatment • Team decision making and accountability

3. Description • LOCUS: Level Of Care Utilization System • Developed by American Association of Community Psychiatrists • Standards • Simple, easy to use, understand • Meaningful, sensitive • Reliable, consistent

4. Description • Assess Service Needs -6 evaluation parameters • Continuum of Services • Placement Indicator • Monitor / Measure Change FOR MORE INFO... http://www.wpic.pitt.edu/aacp/default.htm

5. Use • 2 hour staff training • 5 - 10 minutes • Team assessments, comparison • San Mateo Co. studied reliability • Entered into database

9. Schedule • FSP: at time of PAF and Quarterlies • Case Mgt.: Intake and twice a year • Wellness Recovery: once a year

27. Team Structure

28. Data Collection • 4 pages (2 consumer, 2 staff) • Teleforms bubble forms • Fax into outcomes

34. Analysis • Compliance • Being completed • Reliability • Inter rater • Consumer measure • No movement • Caseload comparisons • Outcome measures

35. Current Status • Implementation at all FSPs and 2034, WRC, outpatient clinics • On-track in initial and about ½ periodic • Consumer interest in data • Develop reports • Staff report recovery conversations more common • Assisting in caseload management