Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality model (CAMS-care) Workforce Capacity Building

Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS) training provides clinicians with the opportunity to learn and implement an evidence-based therapeutic assessment and treatment model for people at risk of suicide.

North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network (NWMPHN) commissioned CAMS-care to deliver the CAMS training program, primarily to clinicians delivering CAREinMIND™ and Head to Health services. This will support a consistent therapeutic framework for suicide-specific assessment and treatment.

This activity aimed to increase the capacity of clinicians to deliver evidence-based treatment for people at risk of suicide across the NWMPHN region.

Its key objectives were to:

• build the capacity of CAREinMIND, Head to Health, and other public and private providers (where applicable), to increase their awareness, identification and responsiveness to suicide risk
• support the providers to implement the CAMS model, providing evidence-based therapeutic assessment and treatment
• build the capacity and capability of the workforce to deliver the CAREinMIND Suicide Prevention Support Service, thereby increasing the availability of referral options for GPs and other clinicians

Page updated: 30 September 2024.