CAMHS Model - Clinical:
Across our Black Country CAMHS Services, we have Clinical Care Pathways. These have been developed to ensure the right staffing, training, and resource is offered to specific clinical presentations. Clinical Treatment Pathways enable our services to provide a standard way of working.
Sandwell & Wolverhampton CAMHS Clinical Care Pathways:
Within Sandwell & Wolverhampton CAMHS, there are 4 Clinical Care Pathways, EB (Emotional and Behavioural), STEPP (), Neurodevelopmental, Learning Disabilities.
Emotional and Behavioural Clinical Care Pathways:
Emotional and Behavioural: Anxiety Disorders Clinical Care Pathway (detailed in below process map):
Emotional and Behavioural: Mood Disorders Clinical Care Pathway (detailed in below process map):
Emotional and Behavioural: Self Harm Clinical Care Pathway (detailed in below process map):
Emotional and Behavioural: Conduct Disorders Clinical Care Pathway (detailed in below process map):
Emotional and Behavioural: Attachment Disorder Clinical Care Pathway (detailed in below process map):
Emotional and Behavioural: Other Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties Clinical Care Pathway
S.T.E.P.P (detailed in below process map):
STEPP: Suicidality Clinical Care Pathway (detailed in below process map):
STEPP: Trauma Clinical Care Pathway (detailed in below process map):
STEPP: Eating Disorders Clinical Care Pathway (detailed in below process map):
STEPP: Psychotic Disorders Clinical Care Pathways (detailed in below process map):
STEPP: Personality Disorders Clinical Care Pathway (detailed in below process map):
Neurodevelopmental Clinical Care Pathways
Neurodevelopmental: Autistic Spectrum Conditions Clinical Care Pathway (detailed in below process map):
Neurodevelopmental: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Clinical Care Pathway (detailed in below process map):
Neurodevelopmental: Tic Disorders Clinical Care Pathway (detailed in below process map):
Neurodevelopmental: Other Neurodevelopmental Disorders Clinical Care Pathway (detailed in below process map):
Learning Disabilities Clinical Care Pathway
Learning Disabilities: Learning Disabilities Clinical Care Pathway (detailed in below process map):
Clinical Pathway Service Information:
Emotional and Behavioural -
The Emotional and Behavioural Clinical Care Pathways are embedded into the core CAMHS offer.
CAMHS services operate Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm from bases at Sandwell (48 Lodge Road), and Wolverhampton (The Gem Centre).
S.T.E.P.P -
The S.T.E.P.P Clinical Care Pathways are embedded into the core CAMHS offer.
CAMHS services operate Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm from bases at Sandwell (48 Lodge Road), and Wolverhampton (The Gem Centre).
Neurodevelopmental -
The Neurodevelopmental Clinical Care Pathways are embedded into the core CAMHS offer.
CAMHS services operate Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm from bases at Sandwell (48 Lodge Road), and Wolverhampton (The Gem Centre).
Learning Disabilities -
The Learning Disability Clinical Care Pathway is embedded into the core CAMHS offer.
CAMHS services operate Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm from bases at Sandwell (48 Lodge Road), and Wolverhampton (The Gem Centre).
The core CAMHS service offer is adapted to meet the needs of children and young people with Learning Disabilities and neurological difficulties.
Groups are offered by Sandwell and Wolverhampton CAMHS Learning Disabilities Teams, such as Positive Behaviour Group and the Sleep Clinic.
Sandwell and Wolverhampton CAMHS Learning Disabilities Teams work with other teams, such as the IST (Intensive Support Team) and Dynamic Support Register.
You can find out more about the CAMHS Learning Disabilities Services within Sandwell and Wolverhampton.
Clinical Care Pathway Support
Staff within each Clinical Care Pathway are supported by the Pathway Lead and Service Manager.
There will be specific training courses and developmental opportunities staff need to access according to the speciality within their Clinical Care Pathway. Training needs can be discussed with Clinical Care Pathway Leads and Managers.
Examples of specific training and developmental opportunities are PBS (Positive Behaviour Support) Training for staff working within the Learning Disabilities Clinical Care Pathway.
Each clinical member of staff receives clinical supervision from their Manager/Supervisor. You can read more about clinical supervision on our CAMHS Managerial page.
More about Understanding CAMHS
To learn more about how our CAMHS services work, you can access the Managerial, Governance and Patient Journey sections in the links below.
