[Organization Name] will partner with SafeSide Prevention to deliver workforce education aligned with the Zero Suicide framework, supporting [Organization Name] to implement suicide prevention practices across roles and settings. Education will focus on building a shared framework, strengthening workforce confidence and consistency, and supporting ongoing learning rather than one-time training. SafeSide Prevention will work alongside [Organization Name] to support leadership engagement, integration of lived experience, and continuous quality improvement.

SafeSide CARE is a suicide prevention education program that teaches the SafeSide Framework. The framework organizes evidence-based suicide prevention skills into four core tasks: Connect, Assess, Respond, and Extend. It equips clinical and non-clinical staff with a shared language and a structured, prevention-oriented approach to suicide risk formulation and response. References available here.

SafeSide CARE adds value even for staff already trained in other models, providing a unifying framework, shared language across teams, and practical tools for difficult conversations, including foreseeable changes and contingency planning.

SafeSide CARE is available in four adaptations, each for a specific context:

Mental Health: Inpatient and outpatient clinical services and their clinical and non-clinical staff, psychiatrists, psychologists, counselors, social workers, and non-clinical colleagues, including peer workers.

Primary Health: General health care practices and their staff, including doctors, nurses, specialists, and their administrative support team.

Youth Services: Services working with children, youth, and young adults up to age 25, clinical and non-clinical roles.

Alcohol and Other Drugs: Substance use treatment services, including counselors, allied health, social workers, and peer workers.

SafeSide CARE does not replace existing evidence-based practices; it provides a unifying framework within which existing tools and protocols can be integrated, including C-SSRS, ASQ, SAFE-T, and Brief Safety Planning Intervention.

SafeSide CARE is delivered through InPlace® Learning, a scalable and sustainable workforce education model that does not rely on a train-the-trainer approach. No internal trainer is required. Organizations can be ready to launch in as little as 3–5 days, with staff completing the program in approximately 4–5 hours.

Implementation consists of three phases.

In the initial phase, organizations complete a one-time configuration and setup process supported by the SafeSide team.

In the delivery phase, staff complete video-guided workshops in small groups, led by on-screen clinical and lived experience experts, with discussion prompts to support application in practice.

In the sustained learning phase, ongoing engagement is maintained through monthly questions and updates sessions with SafeSide faculty, weekly microlearnings, access to refreshers and downloadable practice tools, and a global community of practice. This model ensures that training is not a one-time event but a sustained workforce development program that supports new staff onboarding and continuous skill development throughout the grant period.

The delivery model, InPlace® Learning, builds on the Commitment to Living (CTL) program, the first brief training to demonstrate objectively rated improvement in assessment documentation (Pisani et al., 2012).

CTL was adapted online, tested, and enhanced with a lived experience co-trainer, video demonstrations, and a video-guided group learning approach previously validated with substance use counselors. The resulting InPlace® Learning demonstrated strong educational efficacy and perceived relevance among mental health professionals and youth services workers (Donovan et al., 2023). Learn more here.