This (physical) book supports the practitioner with self-reflection activities, direct work tools and resources with the aims of building relationships with young people founded on trust and transparency, and walks through various methods of safety planning.

Contents of this book

Section One: What is Safety Planning for Extra-Familial Harm?

Key definitions of Child Protection Settings and Frameworks

Contextual Safeguarding

Section Two: Getting Started With Planning

Defining Safety

Assessments and Direct Work Tools

Normalising Safety Talk

Framing and Language

Section Three: Trauma-Informed Psychological Safety

Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics

Polyvagal Theory

Psycho-education as a Tool

Survival Mechanisms

Body Mapping

Section Four: Variations of Safety Plans

Trigger and Action

Safety Mapping

Online Safety

Safety Planning Prompt Sheet

Section Five: Further Actions for the Reader