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This report discusses the needs of individuals with co-existing conditions, specifically Julie, and how to identify and determine appropriate services for them. It also evaluates the assessment and referral processes and compliance with legislation. The report covers Maslow's hierarchy of needs, appropriate services, completing reports, and evaluating assessment and referral processes.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Identifying the needs of Julie.....................................................................................................3
Determination of appropriate services.......................................................................................4
Completing the reports...............................................................................................................5
Evaluating the assessment and referral processes......................................................................6
Complying with legislation........................................................................................................7
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................7
References..................................................................................................................................8
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Introduction
The experience of the coexisting condition has not been exceptional but common for the
individuals. It has been found that mental illness rates are rapidly growing and affecting the
individual with a disability of intellectuality, disorders of the autism spectrum, usage of drug
and the alcohol, physical disability, injury or brain, homelessness and the dilemma of
gambling. As suggested by Marengoni et al. (2016), the center for community health and the
general practitioners are playing a crucial role for the recovery of people with the conditions
of coexisting through offering the medical advice as well as assistance in mental and physical
needs of health.
Identifying the needs of Julie
The mental illness of an individual can grow for many reasons such as economic issues,
unemployment, physical as well as the social aspects. In the current case, Julie is however in
need of a job to fulfill her desire of living independently. Therefore, the needs of Julie
(Including the coexisting needs) can be gauzed appropriately through following the Maslow’s
hierarchy of need. The following model of need is categorized into three important parts such
as Self-actualization, esteem and love, safety and the physiological.
Self-actualization
This section describes the impact of following parameters those can leave a huge impact on
the rational behavior of an individual. The following parameters are Morality, Lack of
creativity, spontaneity, the skill of solving a problem, lack of prejudice and the fact
acceptance. The following factors address the needs for self-fulfillment. Through
understanding the concern of Julie, it can be said missing of following factors are disrupting
the mental wellbeing of Julie.
Esteem and Love
This is another very crucial point to be considered. The esteem and love relate to the self-
esteem, self-confidence, the achievements, respecting others as well as respected by others in
the society. On the other hand, some other crucial factors are sexual intimacy, love from
family and the friendship also affects the mental state of an individual (Young et al. 2017).
Therefore, it can be interpreted that the mental issue of Julie can be recovered from the
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family and friend love and belonging. Apart from that, it would be helpful for Julie in gaining
the self-confidence, self-esteem as well as fulfilling her sexual intimacy. All the following
parameters can be called the psychological needs of an individual.
Safety and Physiological
The basic needs of an individual include the safety and psychological needs. The safety
includes the security of the job, physical, morality, family as well as resources, own property
and the health (So et al. 2014). On the other hand, physiological needs include breathing,
water, the excretion, sex and the sleep as well as food and homeostasis. Therefore, through
fulfilling the basic needs of an individual, the mental disorder can be rectified aptly.
However, the basic needs of Julie were seen unachieved that can be called as another factor
lead Julie to the mental problem.
By the viewpoint of Crowe and Salt (2015), identifying as well as prioritizing the needs of an
individual can be tough. The capability of an individual with assistance needs to determine as
well as can influence the ability to prioritize their needs. Moreover, the values of individual
and their priorities might not be similar to others. It should be remembered that an individual
owns the right for deciding their most valuable or important aspect. Consequently, the values
and priorities of Julie might be different to others but the above section describes the general
needs of an individual that can lead to the proper care or mental well-being of an individual.
Determination of appropriate services
The appropriateness and the effectiveness of standards of service delivery are evaluated
through the governmental and non-governmental firms Kwok et al. (2016). The target of
intended performance is outlined through the standards regarding any service. It has been
found that the target of performance is based on the most suitable principles of practice for
achieving the ideal service level. There are six national standards defines the level of services
such as Rights, inclusion and the participation, Individual outcome, complaint and the
feedback, access to service and the management of service.
Person-centered
The person-centered attribute refers to the support and the service centered on the individual
with their strength, need, interest and the goals. Apart from that, it ensures the people with the
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disability leads as well as directs the services and the supports an individual uses (Saad et al.
2017).
Quality management
The quality management refers to the processes, systems and other services an organization
holds for monitoring, reviewing, planning and controlling for ensuring the level of service
quality, support and the product (Li et al. 2017).
Service and support
This attribute denotes the distinction between the services and the supports. For example, the
National standards of Australia refer to the disability organization, agencies, and the service
providers. It should also be kept in mind that an individual may use more than one service
provider as per his or her own choices.
Completing the reports
By the viewpoint of Walker and McAndrew (2015), the community service provider should
adhere to the organizational procedures and the policies based on the state legislation as well
as the commonwealth. Therefore, to follow the organizational procedures and the policies,
there are general steps to be considered.
Reporting requirements
From the viewpoint of an organization, the following points should be considered while
approaching the care of Julie.
 The authority for reporting
 When and how to form the report
 Who are the professional for informing the notification
 The procedure to review the Julie case through processing the notification
Reporting details
 the name, address and the age of the patient (Julie) name and the address of parents or guardian name and the age of sibling the language is spoken in the home
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 notifying the guardian about forming the report awareness of the workers about the involvement of other agencies the key concern reasons relationship of the Julie with the workers
Maintaining and storing the information of the person
It has been very crucial for the companies to store and maintain the data and information
about the report and the entire practice (Pulcini et al. 2015). Moreover, the safeguard of
patient safety has been a crucial face for the service providers to maintain the privacy of the
patient. It can also be referred as the important step in preparing the report. The two basic
safeguards are important to be considered as the physical safeguard and the technical
safeguard.
Physical Safeguard
 locking the filing cabinet as well as the unattended storage area
 securing the areas of stored information physically
 not storing the information in the public areas
Technical Safeguard
 using the passcode for restricting the access to computers and regularly changing the
passcode
 implementing the different level of access so that all the staffs cannot get the access to
the entire information
 securing the transmission of information and data
 implementing the virus protection as well as the firewalls
Evaluating the assessment and referral processes
However, it has been not very easy to evaluate the appropriateness of service regarding care
of mental wellbeing, but the attempt is put together to deliver the best practice for the people
with a mental health condition. The Australian government has set forth the line to referral
process in the sectors in delivering the best practice of service through covering the following
aspects (Kalsi et al. 2015).
Risk Dignity
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The risk dignity refers to the self-determination and the autonomy of an individual for
making own choices that include a choice of taking the risk in the life (Santiago et al. 2014).
Family, professionals and the friends
The significance of all three factors recognizes their role in the mental well-being of an
individual. For instance, the word family itself includes the partners and other significant
partners such as parents, sibling, child and another member of families.
Minimal restriction
The minimal restriction denotes the restriction and intervention of the private or public sector
against the choice of an individual. It has been increased to the restriction level through
evidence-based interferences.
Complying with legislation
Based on the opinion of Nilsson et al. (2017), to protect the privacy information, the
government of Australia has approved the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). Apart from that, the act
has identified that 13 different APP (Australian Privacy Principle) that regulate how an
organization should be engaged in managing the personal information of a patient or
individual. Therefore, to access the information of a patient or individual, the permit should
be approved from the different level, and it is applicable for all the professional and the
personnel people.
Conclusion
The coexisting needs of an individual derived from the basic needs, self-fulfillment needs and
the physiological needs. This report has significantly addressed the needs of Julie and
determined the appropriate services for her. Apart from that, the assessment and referral
process has also been evaluated to proceed further with the complete the report.
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