The Safer Care Starter Toolkit
A practical digital toolkit for maternity and birth professionals who want to begin making care feel safer, clearer, and more respectful for women with experience of sexual trauma.
This starter toolkit offers simple, practical first steps in trauma-informed maternity care. It focuses on the everyday moments that can make a real difference: language, consent, privacy, predictability, documentation, handover, and reflective practice.
Inside the toolkit, you will find:
a clear introduction to universal trauma-informed care
a light-touch overview of the S.A.F.E.R. model
safer language examples for everyday care
a starter phrase bank
consent principles for before, during, and after care
a small changes checklist
an environment safety audit
documentation and handover guidance
reflection worksheets for individual practice
This toolkit is designed as a first-step resource. It does not teach advanced trigger mapping, clinical response planning, or procedure-specific trauma response work. Those skills are explored in depth in the Supporting Survivors in Maternity Care training pathway.
Best for: Midwives, doulas, antenatal educators, birth workers, health visitors, perinatal support workers, student midwives, maternity support workers, and professionals who support women during pregnancy, birth, and the postnatal period.
Format: Digital PDF
Access: Instant download after purchase
Use: Individual professional use only
© 2026 SAFER Birth Project. All rights reserved. This toolkit may not be copied, shared, resold, uploaded to a shared drive, or used as a training handout without written permission.
