The Home Visitor Safety Suite advances the National Strategy for the Home Visiting Workforce’s vision for a sustainable, skilled, and supported workforce by providing practical tools that strengthen organizational capacity, support informed decision-making, and promote continuous improvement around home visitor safety.
The suite includes four complementary resources:
Home Visitor Safety Self-Assessment
A guided reflection tool that helps home visitors assess their confidence, preparedness, and experiences related to physical, psychological, professional, and organizational safety. The self-assessment encourages meaningful conversations with supervisors and helps identify areas where additional support, training, or resources may be needed.
Organizational Home Visitor Safety Checklist
A practical tool for supervisors, program managers, and organizational leaders to assess policies, procedures, and organizational practices that contribute to a culture of safety. The checklist helps programs identify strengths, gaps, and opportunities for continuous quality improvement.
Strengthening Home Visitor Safety: Applying Process Maps and Decision Trees
A collection of adaptable process maps and decision trees that support consistent decision-making before, during, and after home visits. These examples can be customized to align with individual program policies, local protocols, and community contexts, helping teams respond thoughtfully to a variety of situations while promoting consistency across staff.
Although each safety resource can be used independently, they are designed to work together. Programs may choose to begin by assessing organizational safety practices, inviting staff to complete the home visitor safety self-assessment, or using decision trees to strengthen safety protocols. Together, these resources support ongoing reflection, dialogue, and continuous quality improvement around home visitor safety.
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