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Safety-Care® for Human and Social Services

Dignified, Safe Support in Community and Residential Settings


In group homes and community programs, incidents often escalate when staff responses vary by shift or experience level. Safety-Care® helps teams apply shared, prevention-first practices so responses are consistent across staff, shifts, and settings—reducing escalation, injuries, and avoidable incidents.

Safety-Care supports practices aligned with the HCBS Settings Rule by prioritizing prevention, de-escalation, and least-restrictive responses that preserve dignity and support community access. Physical intervention is taught as a last resort, with clear expectations for when and how it is used.

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Who We Support in Human Services


Safety-Care is used in group homes, foster care, residential and outpatient treatment centers, addiction recovery programs, and elder care settings—places where safety depends on how staff respond in the moment. We support direct support professionals (DSPs), case managers, residential supervisors, behavioral health technicians, and program directors, helping teams build shared, prevention-first practices so responses are consistent across staff, shifts, and settings—not dependent on who is on duty.

When staff know what to do and can rely on shared expectations, confidence increases and burnout decreases, supporting retention in challenging environments.

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Inpatient / Outpatient Treatment Facilities

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Nursing Homes & Assisted Livings

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Foster Care Organizations

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Group Homes

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Addiction Treatment Centers

Quantifying Safety-Care’s Impact Throughout Human Services

625+
Active Customer Organizations
2,000+
Active Safety-Care® Trainers
50,000+
Staff Certified Annually
30%
Reduction in restraint & seclusion hours after 2 years of implementation
78%
Reduction in patient injury
50%
Reduction in staff injury
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Why Agencies Replace CPI

Safety‑Care enhances compliance with competence.

Legacy programs often focus on reaction and restraint. Safety‑Care is prevention‑first, behavior‑analytic, and practical, teaching staff to identify triggers, reinforce stability, and use least‑restrictive supports consistent with HCBS person‑centered principles.

What Human Services Teams Learn

How to recognize early signs of agitation and respond proactively

Ways to create safe, stable environments that reduce behavioral incidents

Person-centered de-escalation techniques tailored to each setting

Safe, least-restrictive physical interventions when needed

Recovery planning and debriefing that strengthen trust and reduce future incidents

Alignment with ABA, PBIS, and trauma-informed care principles

Key Focus Areas

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Incident Prevention

Build consistency and trust through proactive support

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Incident Minimization

Defuse situations before they escalate using verbal strategies

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Physical Safety

Reduce staff injury risk through realistic scenario practice

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Physical Management

Apply safe, respectful techniques with minimal disruption

Help your teams deliver safer, more respectful support every day.


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How Safety-Care Works (Train-the-Trainer)

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Certify Trainers

QBS‑hosted trainer classes are BCBA‑led.

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Train Staff

Certified Safety-Care Trainers deliver staff classes through traditional in-person or blended learning models.

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Sustain Results

Additional modules and skill maintenance resources maintain fluency and outcomes.

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No BCBA required on site to deliver staff classes—we provide the expertise and clinical oversight.

Trusted by Over 3,400 Organizations Across North America ... and Growing

At Guidewire, it is our mission to support individuals by helping them realize full and meaningful lives. Since our transition to Safety-Care®, we have seen a significant decline in emergency restraints across the Agency. This translates to a higher quality of life for the individuals and a more thorough, evidence-based, and effective education for our staff members. Safety-Care is a welcome partner in supporting individuals with dignity and respect.

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Safety-Care FAQs

You don’t have to solve behavioral safety alone.

Schedule a FREE consultation

Safety-Care® provides evidence-based, prevention-first training that helps teams reduce escalation, minimize reliance on restrictive interventions, and improve safety for everyone involved.

Use this consultation to talk through your setting, your challenges, what effective, least-restrictive prevention can look like for your organization, along with practical next steps tailored to your environment.

You can schedule a call at a convenient time or request an immediate callback.