5.5 House Crisis Support Plan
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Last Modified:
02-Aug-2023
Review Date:
01-Oct-2025
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| Purpose |
To provide guidance in the development and use of the House Crisis Support Plan within Residential Care Homes.
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| Practice Requirements |
- Each Residential Care Home must have a House Crisis Support Plan.
- A House Crisis Support Plan is to provide guidance when staff believe there is an immediate and substantial risk to their safety that cannot be managed through Therapeutic Crisis Intervention de-escalation, use of the child's Individual Crisis Support Plan, or crisis management.
- The House Crisis Support Plan outlines safety options of the last resort.
- The House Manager develops the House Crisis Support Plan in consultation with the Residential Care Worker team, including the Health and Safety Representative(s), for approval by the Assistant Director.
- All residential care workers must be familiar with the house crisis support plan where they work.
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| Process Maps |
Each house must use the Residential Care House Crisis Support Plan template available under "Related Resources'. The plan must include a map of the house inclusive of identified safer areas. Safety options are ranked according to the level of safety they provide, and staff should enact the highest ranked safety option listed that is assessed as safe. Use of the House Crisis Support Plan constitutes a critical incident. Staff are to refer to 4.7 Critical Incident for information about reporting and documentation requirements including follow-up support for themselves and the children as well as SolvSafety. A House Crisis Support plan should: - be appropriate to the specific circumstances of the house and environment
- identify the possible options and contain specific strategies to overcome these risks to self or others
- be visible and accessible to all residential care workers,
- stored on the House WHS Objective folder,
- include residential care staff's views,
- be reviewed monthly and following any incident where the plan is used, for effectiveness and appropriateness, and updated where necessary.
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