What it is for
Safety plans, risk conversations and crisis resources.
15 resources
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 NDIS providers and support coordinators
A plan made with a person in supported independent living that respects their choice to take a risk, lists the safeguards they agree to,…
Dignity of risk · NDIS participant file
For Counsellors and therapists
Australian crisis lines and helplines on one double-sided sheet.
Crisis support and helplines · Help-seeking
For NDIS providers and support coordinators
A person's own plan for feeling safe at home and in the community, reviewed with them.
NDIS participant file · Safeguarding
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 NDIS providers and support coordinators
A shared-home emergency plan built around each resident's needs, plus a drill record so evacuations are practised, timed, reviewed and improved.
Emergency preparedness · Shared living
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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