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HSE National Guideline

CAMHS Operational Guideline


Topic: Camhs child and youth mental health
Document Owner: Assistant National Director, Child and Youth Mental Health
National Group: Child and Youth Mental Health Office
Effective From: 01 December 2025
This guideline aims to standardise and streamline operational practice and has been issued to assist employees in having a consistent approach to delivering CAMHS nationally.
CAMHS Operational Guideline
PDF, 4.66MB

This Operational Guideline aims to:

  • Align operational practice to the intended outcomes of the 2024-2027 Child and Youth Mental Health Office Action Plan.
  • Build on the existing good practice already in place in CAMHS.
  • Provide an Operational Guideline that CAMHS teams can adhere to.
  • Ensure that legislative and regulatory requirements are met.
  • Ensure that all employees and management are clear on their roles and responsibilities.
  • Ensure that children, adolescents and their parent(s) are clear on the service provided by CAMHS.
  • Ensure that referral agents and other agencies involved in the provision of care to children and adolescents are clear on the service provided by CAMHS.
  • Provide a framework for audit and evaluation.
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