Safety Planning Application
Welcome to the DISCO Safety Planning Application for Counsellors. The Application aims at guiding and enabling counselling practitioners, working at-a-Distance, to design and propose personalized targeted safety plans for victims/clients and monitor their progress. It was designed based on our knowledge and experience on the necessary safety precautions relevant Domestic and Sexual Violence and Abuse incidents, so as to guarantee women’s safety and well being.
A woman in panic is unable to think and see clearly, and therefore, her decisions are lacking experience and are made hastily. The purpose of all safety plans is to prepare the women for possible scenarios and situations they might encounter during their escape procedure, from an experienced point of view. They need to know in advance what to look for, what to avoid, and how to keep themselves and/ or their children, safe in life threatening situations.
The Application is available to counsellors from Domestic and Sexual Violence and Abuse Organisations. For privacy security purposes and in order to safeguard women’s interests in Domestic and Sexual Violence and Abuse incidents, no personal data is collected or maintained in the Application.
Each client will be assigned automatically a code name without having to share any of their own personal details online. With that given code name, they can log-in to the application to receive their assigned tests and their customized safety plan. The counsellors could use any of the tests provided in the platform to assign to their client, including a self-assessment questionnaire (Core) as well as a Safety Plan form, which can be customized accurately to the needs of each client. The client will have the option of printing their own personal safety plan and have it with them in case an incident occurs.
