After contacting the 24/7 Crisis Line, mobile support and intervention may be wanted or deemed appropriate by the Crisis Team

• Crisis staff meet with individuals in the community to provide comprehensive crisis intervention, support, risk and suicide assessment, service navigation, coping strategies and tools, safety planning and referrals to other CMHA programs or other community resources
• Mobile Services are held in the community within the city of Barrie at agreed upon locations and times
• Mobile support may be deemed appropriate as assessed by the Crisis Worker or at the request of the caller
• a telephone assessment is completed with the individual prior to arranging of the Mobile Support
• any admissions to the short term Crisis Beds require assessment by a Crisis Worker in the community, to determine eligibility
• Crisis Workers regularly work collaboratively with local and surrounding Police Services, as well as Simcoe County Paramedics, to support crisis situations in the community
• Emergency Services (police and paramedics) are able to access Crisis Beds and Justice Safe Beds on site, and for more immediate cases, 24 hours a day
• in some circumstances mobile assessment may require a Crisis staff to recommend and advocate for hospital admission, based on assessed level of risk of harm to self or others, or physical health concerns that may or may not be related to substance use

• Age Requirements: 16 year(s) and up
  
• Youth and adults with a serious mental illness or psycho-social crisis and in need of non-medical crisis intervention