Programs & Training

7 Steps to Safety Training

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7 Steps to Safety is a Northern Territory designed, flexible and child-friendly kit that aims to help families give their children the skills and confidence to feel, and be, safe at home.

The Kit:

  • provides information, activities and tips to help families identify circumstances that could place children at risk of harm and to develop strategies to prevent or deal with risky situations
  • aims to build resilience in children by helping them to gain skills and confidence in their ability to make decisions in a range of situations
  • provides information for families about preparing their children to stay home and be safe
  • builds on family strengths
  • provides opportunities for families to work together in creating safe and positive environments for children
  • can be adapted to meet specific risk needs of individual families.

The seven steps are:

  • Step 1 – Make your place safe
  • Step 2 – Cool tools for family rules
  • Step 3 – Feel safe with people
  • Step 4 – What’s special about our family?
  • Step 5 – Emergency
  • Step 6 – Ready yet?
  • Step 7 – Make a care plan

The kit can be used with individual families, children, parent groups and communities.

The workshop

Participants will learn about 7 Steps to Safety and identify and practice ways they can use it in their work with families and caregivers.

Who should attend?

This is an interactive workshop for anyone who works with families, caregivers and communities and wants to engage them in discussions and planning around children’s safety.

All workshops have been developed and delivered by our highly skilled, highly experienced team of professionals.

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