Responding to Risk :

Co-creating Safety

This is a comprehensive course that provides an evidence-based, client-centred framework for promoting opportunity and safety when working with service users. It comprises two modules: Shared Understanding and Enhancing Safety.

For organisations making group bookings, there is an option of applied practice master classes. These will be tailored to the specific needs the service.

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Module 1 : SHARED UNDERSTANDING

‘Shared Understanding’ enables students to work collaboratively with clients to develop a shared understanding of the factors relevant to navigating complex safety and risk issues.

Informed by contemporary evidence, participants will learn how to:

• assess both short-term and long-term risk (relevant to the client and their situation)
• integrate internationally recognised ISO 31000 Risk Management Guidelines and principles into practical Recovery-oriented working with clients
• appreciate the roles of strengths, vulnerabilities, red flags and safety needs when working collaboratively with clients
• develop evidence- based collaborative Recovery plans that will enhance safety

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Module 2 : ENHANCING SAFETY

Enhancing Safety enables students to effectively collaborate with clients to apply evidence-based approaches to reducing risk, enhancing safety and promoting opportunities for growth.

Informed by contemporary evidence, participants will learn how to:

• conduct a ‘short-term risk assessment’ in collaboration with a client
• engage in proactive care planning that both promotes opportunities for well-being outcomes and reduces risk of harm
• integrate ‘dignity of risk’ and ‘duty of care’ considerations
• appreciate the role of ‘capacity’ when working with clients
• outline the 4 elements of the ‘Improvement Cycle’ when monitoring client progress
• use goal- directed approaches to integrate care with long- term risk management
• demonstrate how to use measures of change that are client-focussed and Recovery-oriented.