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Newcomers face unique risks and vulnerabilities due to their experiences of forced displacement, exposure to potentially traumatic experiences, and the complex stressors of resettlement. Safety planning can be a necessary or helpful intervention to maintain newcomers’ overall safety and wellness. This short guide provides an overview of safety plans and the safety planning process to…
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Service providers play a critical role in identifying, assessing, and managing the risk of suicide. This guide informs service providers about the fundamentals of utilizing safety plans with newcomers experiencing suicidal thinking or risk. This guide accompanies Switchboard’s editable Suicidal Ideation Safety Plan Template, which can be used when working with clients expressing thoughts about…
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This safety plan template can be used when working with clients expressing thoughts about death or suicide. It is appropriate for clients who are thinking about suicide but have no immediate plan or intent to do so; these clients are able to use coping strategies and their support system to remain safe on their own.…
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Safety planning is essential when supporting clients at risk of family violence, which is used as an umbrella term for domestic violence and intimate partner violence. This guide will explore the fundamentals of using safety plans with newcomers to help them manage these dangers and stay safe. Switchboard’s editable Family Violence Safety Plan Template accompanies…
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This template can be adapted for use when working with clients experiencing or at risk of family violence. Family violence can include both domestic violence (a pattern of abusive behaviors within a household between people such as spouses, partners, family members, or cohabitants) and intimate partner violence (abuse or aggression in a romantic relationship between…
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This template is for managing low-risk situations such as clients reporting difficult or overwhelming emotions, a history of substance use, chronic health conditions, or other unsafe situations that are unlikely to result in significant harm to clients or communities. This safety plan template is appropriate for clients who are low risk but may still benefit…
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Wondering how you can help prepare newcomers for emergencies? Take a proactive approach! Newcomers should be familiar with local emergency protocols and available resources. Provide guidance about potential risks, share videos and tips on preparedness, and inform newcomers about how to access available support before, during, and after emergencies. You may also assist clients in…
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Wondering how you can help prepare newcomers for emergencies? Take a proactive approach! Newcomers should be familiar with local emergency protocols and available resources. Provide guidance about potential risks, share videos and tips on preparedness, and inform newcomers about how to access available support before, during, and after emergencies. You may also assist clients in…
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In this Live Streamed session, the National Resource Center for Refugees, Immigrants, and Migrants join SettleIn for a two-part series which covered healthcare in the United States. In Part 1, we discussed the different types of healthcare providers and services in the United States. In Part 2, we will cover emergency care, ambulances, and calling…
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In resettlement settings, as in other social service settings, agencies must be prepared to respond to client crises and other critical incidents. Both individual crises and larger threats to the agency and/or staff require immediate and effective responses to ensure the safety and well-being of everyone involved. The development of agency-wide critical incident policies and…
