Working together for safer communities

International trends emphasise the importance of developing a culture of care and concern that supports early help-seeking behaviour and early intervention, as well as providing at-risk students and staff with appropriate support and mental health services. Early intervention can prevent the development of more serious illness and promote full recovery.

The following resources, and the initiatives that they describe, aim to give staff and students confidence in recognising and responding to observable behaviours in a systematic way in order to prevent escalation to violence or other serious incidents.

• Community care program (pdf, 48kb)
• Risk management framework (pdf, 48kb)
• Social and academic functioning scale (pdf, 142kb)
• Training and education (pdf, 77kb)
• Security services (pdf, 84kb)
• Guidelines on responding to inappropriate, concerning and threatening behaviour (pdf, 171kb)
• Guidelines on critical incident stress (pdf, 239kb)
• Guidelines on alcohol and other drugs (pdf, 172kb)

External users please contact safer Community Programs on (03) 9905 1599

Need more information, advice or to order hard copies of the resources?

Contact Community Care staff:

Phone

ext 51599 or +613 99051599

email

communitycare@adm.monash.edu.au

In person