S1E8 - Safe Alternatives For Everyone Committee, or “SAFE”

09/18/23 • 37 min

The SAFE committee was created to provide clinical support and shared responsibility to COAAA staff that are facing health and safety concerns for the consumers we serve. This episode gives us the history of SAFE, an overview of when someone should bring a case to SAFE, and an understanding of the support and expertise offered during the meetings. Learn from Clinical Manager Sarah Hall and ADRN Division Director Linda Gillespie in this important episode.

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Pretend I Know Nothing About - S1E8 - Safe Alternatives For Everyone Committee, or “SAFE”

Transcript

Katie White [00:00:11]:

Welcome to Pretend I Know Nothing About. I'm Katie White, your host administrator of COAAA. Today we'll be learning about SAFE. The SAFE committee with Linda and Sarah. Let's get into it. And I've got Linda Gal and Sarah Hall with me here today. Good morning.

Linda [00:00:28]:

Good morning.

Sarah [00:00:29]:

Thanks for having us.

Katie White [00:00:30]:

Sure. Linda, let's start with you. Can you introduce yourself? Tell u