Presenters: Trent Savill – Director / Consultant Therapist, Complex Care. Keith Mason – General Manager, Quality and Systems. Abstract: This presentation explores the core principles and practices incorporated into the Safe Places Integrative Practice Framework, and explains how the Framework was developed and embedded into staff practice through the Safe Places framework system. The Safe Places Integrative Practice Framework is a continuously evolving residential care framework, which incorporates the core concepts and practices from a range of internationally regarded, evidence-based therapeutic models of care and practice. These include the ARC model, Sanctuary model, CARE framework, TCI system, Bruce Perry’s NMT, Dan Hughes Principles for facilitating attachment (PACE model) and Collaborative Problem Solving. These concepts have been incorporated into practice through the Safe Places framework system, which involves: ongoing competency-based training in trauma, attachment and therapeutic crisis intervention; bi-monthly child-focused reflective case clinics for each young person; daily community meetings involving the young person; and reflective individual supervision for all employees. This framework was developed by ‘Safe Places for Children’ (a specialist residential care provider for children with extreme care needs) in collaboration with ‘Complex Care’ (a Brisbane based counselling and consultancy service that specialises in providing therapy to children / families who are engaged with the child protection system).