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Safewards videos

Videos have been developed for the Safewards model and each of the ten interventions. These videos describe the model and interventions and demonstrate how the interventions look in practice.

Videos

Introduction to Safewards resources

An introduction by Anna Love, Chief Mental Health Officer, to Safewards resources.
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Bad news mitigation

Resources to assist mental health workers in presenting bad news to patients.
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Calm down methods

Resource describing methods for assisting patients to calm down using their own coping mechanisms.
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Clear mutual expectations

Resource outlining implementation of clear mutual expectations in mental health facilities.
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Discharge messages

Discharge messages provide a further method to imbue hope and convey the benefits of admission.
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Know each other

Resource to assist mental health workers with relationship building with consumers
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Mutual help meeting

Help and assistance patients give one another is highly valued by them. Mutual help meetings assist in facilitating discussions to help patients support one another.
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Positive words

Resource about using positive words to describe patient's behaviour at handover, to help avoid a negative or unbalanced view on any extreme behaviour.
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Reassurance

Resources for mental health workers to assist in providing reassurance to patients.
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Safewards model

Description of the Safewards model for mental health facilities.
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Soft words

An intervention which provides some ways to avoid confrontations which often occur in the daily demands of the ward.
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Talk down methods

Resource outlining methods for mental health workers to talk to patients to calm them down if they have become upset or agitated.

Reviewed 05 July 2016

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