Safety Plan

The Safety Plan is a ready-to-complete-together tool for practitioners and clients addressing trauma and substance-use-related safety risks. It helps organize situation-specific risks, concrete protective steps, relevant supports or resources, and updates as risk circumstances change.

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Tool guide

Learn more about this tool

Use this background section to understand when the tool fits, how practitioners use it, and what to consider before sharing it with clients.

Designed for High-Risk Usability

The result should stay concise enough to review during distress or relapse vulnerability.

What It Captures

The plan captures situation-specific risks, protective steps, supports or resources where relevant, unresolved areas, and updates over time.

What It Does Not Do

It does not score risk, diagnose the client, guarantee safety, or invent crisis protocol content.

Is this a crisis protocol?

No. It is an individualized safety preparation plan and does not generate unsupported crisis protocol steps.

Can the plan be incomplete?

Yes. Partial plans preserve entries and clearly mark missing protective steps or supports.

Can risks change over time?

Yes. The plan can be updated while prior versions remain available for review.

What is saved from the demo?

The fixed Safety Plan tool is saved. Fictional risks, protective steps, supports, and sample plan content are not saved as real client data.