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Systems Approach

One System. Every Setting. Everyone Covered.

Most suicide prevention efforts focus on the individual clinician. SafeSide takes a different approach — building the culture, practices, and workforce development that allow your whole agency to respond consistently, at every level, across every setting.

Dr. Christine Moutier, Chief Medical Officer at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, introduces SafeSide Prevention before Tony Pisani and Kristina Zurich highlight what viewers can expect from the program. SafeSide supports services to respond consistently across teams and settings. A shared framework helps staff know what to do, when to act, and how to work together.

Core Connections Testimonials

A low-stakes, high-reward experience...The activities were fun and then made direct connections to Four Cores strengths in our lives.

Participant

Allows you to connect with your peers on a different level...It helped strengthen bonds, allows me to reflect on my own personal life, and gather ideas on how I can improve my wellbeing.

Participant

What matters most

Four Programs. One System.

Most suicide prevention focuses on the individual clinician. SafeSide takes a systems approach — so your whole agency responds consistently, at every level, across every setting. Start with one program, and expand from there.

Core Connections

Start here to strengthen the foundation. Core Connections builds team cohesion, reduces isolation, and supports staff well-being — creating the trust and resilience that makes every other program more effective. For everyone in your agency, regardless of role.

SafeSide CARE

SafeSide CARE gives anyone who may encounter a person at risk — clinicians, receptionists, case managers, support staff — a shared framework for recognising and responding to suicide risk. It builds consistency and confidence across every role that touches the people you serve.

CAMS Treatment

For clinicians only. CAMS is a structured, evidence-based treatment for suicidal ideation that engages patients as active partners in their own care

SafeSide Restore

For clinical and quality teams. SafeSide Restore provides leaders with a network for collaborating with other external organisations to build a more restorative, just, and learning culture.

"All of them got something out of the training — all of them have taken away something different, and all of them have really valued the opportunity to come together as a team." - Deborah Roberts, speaking at a leadership event in Western Australia

Safety and Resilience Starts Here. Results prove it.

Data (Wyman 2020, 2022) for Core Connections show participants
50%
less likely to need corrective training.
less likely to feel isolated
SafeSide CARE evaluation data shows
84%
of participants say they can apply the training in their job.
95%
of Youth Services participants confident in suicide prevention after the workshop.

SafeSide CARE Testimonials

[The program] gave me a stronger assessment understanding and provided clear ways to connect with students and respond to suicidality.

SafeSide CARE Youth Services Participant

My staff felt it was the most usable information they've received in a training that can actually be applied from that moment on. The presenters are personable and highly organised. The framework makes sense and the visual helps us to gather the pieces in a reasonable way. Including a person with lived experience helps to make this work so much more authentic and meaningful.

Leader in Primary/Secondary Education, 5 star G2 review

SafeSide's content and its people are amazing. The support we receive and the connections that have been made are improving our ability to provide a service that is truly "beyond safety". We already held the values, many parts of the knowledge, and some of the skills, but the SafeSide Framework brings it all together, and helps us to identify what we are doing well and where we need to keep building.

Youth Clinical Services Director, 5 star G2 review

Frequently Asked Questions

Services engage with SafeSide in different ways depending on their goals, workforce needs, and service setting. Some organisations begin with a single workshop or program, while others build longer-term partnerships focused on practice consistency, workforce support, implementation, or culture change across teams and systems.

Once you connect with us, you’ll be guided through a simple step-by-step process — starting with a call to understand your goals, followed by planning and building the right pathway for your context. You can read more about the full process on our What to Expect page.

Yes. Many services begin with CARE and CAMS in priority teams, then add Core Connections for well-being and Restore to strengthen culture after incidents.

Every Conversation Matters. Every Person Can Help.

Every school will face moments of challenge with students - it’s not a question of if, but when. SafeSide gives your staff the confidence and tools to be ready, so students feel supported when they need it most.