Welcome
A UK Implementation of the Heart and Soul of Change Project's Partners
for Change Outcome Managment System (PCOMS)
Welcome to the OO-CAMHS website. It contains everything you need to know about developing an outcomes orientated approach to setting up or delivering a CAMH Service. We hope you find it helpful.
Sami and Dianne ©2011
Outcome Orientated Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services
OO-CAMHS draws on a large international evidence base that has consistently shown certain extra-therapeutic factors (such as social context) and intra-therapeutic factors (such as therapeutic relationship) are most likely to influence outcome. OO-CAMHS is the first CAMHS development that is designed to incorporate this evidence into a whole service model that can improve outcomes for children, adolescents and their families at the same time as maximising efficient use of resources.
Four CORE guiding principles underpin the OO-CAHMS approach:
Consultation (engaging with the broader context),
Outcome (measure progress session by session),
Relationship (measure alliance session by session) and
Ethics of care (build a positive team ethos).
OO-CAMHS uses regular session-by-session measurement of outcome and therapeutic alliance to improve outcomes, reduce DNA’s and dropout rates, and save money through improved therapeutic efficiency. OO-CAMHS focuses on the goal of producing positive change for people whilst decreasing the chances of ‘getting stuck in the system’ with an intervention that is of no long-term benefit. At the same time, it ensures that the consumer’s opinions and choices are always respected.
OO-CAMHS won an East Midlands NHS Regional Innovation Award in 2011 
A UK Implementation of the Heart and Soul of Change Project's Partners
for Change Outcome Managment System (PCOMS)
Welcome to the OO-CAMHS website. It contains everything you need to know about developing an outcomes orientated approach to setting up or delivering a CAMH Service. We hope you find it helpful.
Sami and Dianne ©2011
Outcome Orientated Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services
OO-CAMHS draws on a large international evidence base that has consistently shown certain extra-therapeutic factors (such as social context) and intra-therapeutic factors (such as therapeutic relationship) are most likely to influence outcome. OO-CAMHS is the first CAMHS development that is designed to incorporate this evidence into a whole service model that can improve outcomes for children, adolescents and their families at the same time as maximising efficient use of resources.
Four CORE guiding principles underpin the OO-CAHMS approach:
OO-CAMHS won an East Midlands NHS Regional Innovation Award in 2011