Self-directed online training
Event description
This foundation course provides a framework for practitioners working in health, education, and social and community services, whose work includes engaging with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families. The course aims to help practitioners to work with parents where family and domestic violence (FDV) is a concern, supporting children’s social and emotional wellbeing in culturally responsive ways.The course consists of a 53-minute documentary and a short reflection, and is part of a larger series of resources to support practitioners working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families experiencing FDV. After watching this film, we encourage you to take some time to reflect and consider the aspects that stood out for you, and the components that you have not factored into your practice.
This session will cover:
- Identifying that taking an intersectional approach to working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experiencing FDV is essential; recognising that gender, colonisation, culture, racism and class are intersecting factors that result in experiences of entrenched gender inequality for First Nations communities.
- Understanding that whilst each community is unique, with its own norms, practices and healing strategies, practitioners need to engage locally based cultural specialists and organisations for guidance and direction in their work with families experiencing FDV.
- Acknowledging that, when working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families experiencing violence, the need for self-determination and collective models of healing is paramount.
Eligibility criteria
Categories:
Capability 2 - Working with Aboriginal consumers, families, and communities,
Capability 7 - Understanding and responding to family violence,
Working with infants, children, and younger persons
Disciplines:
Allied Health,
Lived Experience Workforce,
Medical,
Nursing,
Other
Levels:
Introductory
Lifespans:
Youth,
Adult
