Proven suicide intervention training
CAMS-care UK delivers evidence-based training in the CAMS Framework®—an approach shown to reduce suicidal ideation and improve clinical outcomes in 6 to 8 sessions.
CAMS (Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality) is a clinically proven framework designed to support professionals working with individuals experiencing suicidality. It offers a structured, person-centred approach that helps clinicians understand and directly address the drivers behind someone’s suicidal thoughts or behaviours.
“I really appreciate the evidence-based assessment framework of CAMS. It gives me much more confidence in assessing and working with suicidality, knowing that I have explored relevant factors to inform the formulation of risk, and giving me a structure to document my assessment, explain my opinions and recommendations, and intervene effectively.”
Discuss how CAMS training can support your team
Email: navigo.cams-careuk@nhs.netWhy choose CAMS training?
• Over 30 years of ongoing clinical research
• Supported by five randomised controlled trials
• Suitable for a wide range of services and age groups
• It is relatively easy to learn and become concordant
• Supported by five randomised controlled trials
• Suitable for a wide range of services and age groups
• It is relatively easy to learn and become concordant
Many clinicians feel limited by traditional risk assessment tools that lack therapeutic depth. CAMS-care UK offers a structured, research-supported approach that addresses this gap – aligned with NHS England’s Staying Safe from Suicide guidance. Through a collaborative approach between the clinician and individual, CAMS is able to focus on addressing the ‘drivers’ of suicidality.
Aligned with NHS England guidance
The 2025 Staying Safe from Suicide guidance calls for a shift in how we support people experiencing suicidality:
• Move away from standardised risk tools
• Prioritise collaborative, person-led safety planning
• Embrace dynamic, continuous risk evaluation
• Deliver care that is trauma-informed and inclusive
• Move away from standardised risk tools
• Prioritise collaborative, person-led safety planning
• Embrace dynamic, continuous risk evaluation
• Deliver care that is trauma-informed and inclusive
CAMS training aligns with these priorities.
Developed by US psychologist Professor David A. Jobes
CAMS has over 30 years of clinical use and is backed by rigorous research, including multiple Randomised Controlled Trials . The framework is used internationally and is being embedded across UK services through CAMS-care UK.