Transcript Management of TASC Services in North Carolina

North Carolina TASC
Clinical Series
Training
Module Ten: Assessment
Assessment Process
1. Client orientation
2. Review of outcomes of screening activities
3. Confidentiality and Consent forms
4. Assessment instruments
5. Communicable diseases
6. Preliminary results and recommendations
7. Service plan
8. Client contract and additional consents
9. Collateral contacts
10. Next steps
Screening Process
Eligibility Requirements
• Involved in the adult criminal
justice system
• Voluntarily consents to participate
• Indicates evidence of a history or
potential substance abuse problem
or mental health problem
• Charged with a drug-related offense
Federal Priority
Populations
• Pregnant injecting drug users
• Pregnant and post-partum women
• Injecting drug users
• HIV infected persons
State Priority
Populations
• Intermediate punishment offenders
• DOC releasees who have completed a
prison treatment program
• Community punishment violators at-risk
for revocation
• Other division of Community
Corrections referrals
• Other criminal justice system or judicial
referrals
Screening Outcomes
Direct for further assessment
• There is an indication for the likelihood for
substance abuse or dependency
• There is evidence of a history of problematic
use
• Collateral information indicates substance
abuse
• There is a need for mental health or other
treatment services
• Client indicates willingness or need to
participate in treatment or TASC services
Screening Outcomes
Referral to services other than TASC
• TASC does not have appropriate
services for the client’s needs
• Client is excluded from TASC services
• Client is unwilling to volunteer for TASC
services
• There is significant mental illness or
cognitive impairment
• Client is already getting appropriate
services