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For Counsellors and therapists
Practical wording for asking directly about suicide, responding with care, and what to do next, based on evidence that asking does not put the…
Communication skills · Risk assessment and safety
For Counsellors and therapists
Australian crisis lines and helplines on one double-sided sheet.
Crisis support and helplines · Help-seeking
For Counsellors and therapists
A client-owned safety plan, written together: my warning signs, things I can do myself, people and places, who to call, making things safer and…
Coping strategies · Risk assessment and safety
For Youth workers
A practical plan for young people heading to parties or events, covering getting there and home, looking after friends, drinks, phones, consent and what…
Alcohol and other drugs · Healthy relationships
For Counsellors and therapists
A record of a concern about an adult who may be experiencing abuse, neglect or exploitation, including older people and people with disability: facts,…
Records of concern · Rights
For Counsellors and therapists
A clear record of a concern about a child's safety or wellbeing: what you saw or heard in their exact words, what you did,…
Child protection · Records of concern
For Social workers
A practitioner reflection for case formulation, mapping risk and protective factors across individual, relationship, community and structural levels, and identifying where support can strengthen…
Formulation support · Person in environment
For Social workers
A practitioner guide for collaborative safety planning conversations with people experiencing suicidal thoughts, covering stance, language, involving supports, making the environment safer and follow-up.
Help-seeking · Suicide prevention
For Counsellors and therapists
A respectful record of a conversation about self-harm: what it does for the person, any injuries, what helps, and the agreed next steps, without…
Documentation and record keeping · Risk assessment and safety
For Counsellors and therapists
A structured record of a conversation about suicide: what the person said, what is happening now, what keeps them safe, your shared understanding and…
Documentation and record keeping · Risk assessment and safety
For Youth workers
A personal safety plan for youth outreach workers covering shift planning, check-ins, dynamic risk assessment, exit strategies, incident response and debriefing.
Outreach engagement · Worker safety
For Youth workers
A plan a youth worker writes with a young person, for what to do in a crisis, who to call, and what helps.
Crisis support and helplines · Suicide prevention
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