VACCHO’s Introduction to Aboriginal Cultural Safety training offers foundational knowledge and awareness on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, identities and cultures while exploring the basics of cultural safety and simple ways to put it into practice. Our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander facilitators enhance participant experience and learning by sharing cultural knowledge and lived experience in a safe learning environment where questions are encouraged and welcome.
Cultural safety is about providing quality service that considers and respects the cultural identity, values and norms of the peoples accessing the service. These cultural values and standards may often differ from your own and majority of society.
For Australia’s First Peoples, culturally safe practices and attitudes demonstrate an understanding, acceptance, and respect for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural identities, cultural ways, and our ongoing connection to culture, Community and Country.
Who is this course suitable for?
You’ll find this course a helpful starting point if you’re new to the topic, and a practical refresher if you're looking to update or deepen your understanding.
On completion
You'll receive a Certificate of Participation, practical skills you can apply straight away and further resources to continue your learning.
Topics
- Understanding cultural safety and its importance in increasing service accessibility and effective engagement with Australia’s First Peoples.
- The historical and ongoing impacts of colonisation and colonial policies on Australia’s First
- Peoples culture and Communities
- Trauma-informed practice
- First Peoples diverse identities; respectful terminology and language
- Cultural Load and its impacts on individuals, Communities, and organisations
- How Equity and Self-determination are vital to cultural safety
- Foundational skills to implement cultural safety into practice
- Fostering respectful relationships with First Peoples and Communities
- A timeline of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Strength and Resilience
Duration
5 hours - including two 15-minute breaks and a 30-minute lunch break
Group size
These interactive and engaging sessions have a minimum size of 8 and a maximum of 20 participants.
Note - minimum numbers: we reserve the right to re-schedule if minimum numbers are not met. Please see our Terms & Conditions for more information.
If you can't attend
We know life happens, and unexpected events can take us by surprise. If you cannot attend a session or would like to reschedule, we request a minimum of 48 hours notice where possible. See our Terms & Conditions for more information on rescheduling, withdrawals and cancellation.
We can deliver training for your group, team or organisation
Suitable for more than eight people, we can contextualise these sessions to suit your organisational needs and start your staff on the right path to respectful and reciprocal relationships with Australia’s First Peoples.
Delivery times can be negotiated within standard business hours of 9 am-5 pm. Please note VACCHO cannot reduce session delivery without compromising important and valuable content as doing so decreases the quality of our training. Our minimum session delivery is 4hrs with two 10min breaks included.
Each session delivery comprises a Lead Facilitator to focus on delivery and an Admin Support Officer to record attendance, support the cultural safety and wellbeing of the facilitator and distribute handouts and other learner resources during the session.
When we deliver a session for your group or organisation, we provide you with a collated Evaluation Summary report.
Contact us to arrange your booking
Would you like more information on our Introduction to Cultural Safety face-to-face or live online sessions, or to make a booking for your group, team or organisation?
Click here to go to the VACCHO Cultural Safety Team webpage and use the form at the bottom to contact our team for more info or make a booking!
We’ll email you a list of unique codes (each one is a link) as soon as your credit card payment has been processed.
Just give each team member their own code:
- they click the link
- enter their details
- and go straight to their learning!
Buying a lot?
If you're making a large purchase, you'll have the option to pay via credit card or bank transfer. As soon as payment has been processed, we’ll email you a list of unique codes (each one is a link):
- Credit card - it's usually within a few minutes
- Bank transfer - it takes a few days for the payment to be processed and verified*
Once you'e received your list of codes - it's as simple as giving each team member their own code:
- they click the link
- enter their details
- and go straight to their learning!
*Payment by bank transfer: we'll usually send your list of unique codes within seven business days, sooner if we can!
Buying just the one?
Once we've received payment you'll get immediate access! Just click SIGN IN (in the top right) or MY LEARNING (in the tabs at the top).
This course is also available through face-to-face delivery and self-paced training!
Face-to-face
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Self-paced
We also offer this as self-paced training - do it at your own pace, anytime, anywhere with an internet connection! Find out more...
