Workshops for Aboriginal Workers
Self-Care for Aboriginal Workers
Self-care for Aboriginal workers is vitally important to not only manage individual health and resilience but also to prevent stress and burnout. Managing multiple layers of relationships with families, communities and workplaces can result in added pressures and responsibilities, creating an emotional labour which can impact on health. This workshop focuses on the importance of self-care strategies for Aboriginal workers, with a special focus on cultural wellbeing.
What to Expect
1. Define and discuss self-care
2. Discuss strengths and challenges of Aboriginal Workers in the workplace
3. Assess own self-care and develop strategies
4. Create a self-care plan incorporating cultural wellbeing
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Artwork by Lana Leslie. Not to be reproduced or copied.
Thriving and Not Just Surviving in Your Workplace
Aboriginal staff bring unique skills and perspectives to their workplaces and often assist organisations with developing strong relationships with Aboriginal clients, communities and Aboriginal organisations. While some workplaces can be supportive and culturally safe, other workplaces can be stressful, isolating and culturally unsafe. This workshop focuses on resilience and thriving in workplaces. It includes understanding the importance of Culturally safe environments, yarns about what you bring to the workplace and strategies to address challenges as well as to build resilience.
What to Expect
1. Understand the importance of Culturally safe environments for the Aboriginal workforce.
2. Acknowledge and discuss your unique skill sets as an Aboriginal worker.
3. Develop strategies for addressing work challenges.
4. Develop strategies to increase your resilience in your workplace so that you
thrive, and not just survive.
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Understanding & Addressing Lateral Violence
Artwork by Lana Leslie. Not to be copied or reproduced.
Lateral violence is the tendency of peoples from oppressed groups to direct their frustration and anger from their experiences of oppression at members of their own group (Australian Human Rights Commisssion, 2011). This presentation will develop your knowledge and understanding to provide you with tools for practice when working with Aboriginal peoples and communities.
What to Expect
1. Increase your knowledge and understanding of lateral violence, what it is and why it occurs.
2. Learn about the effects of lateral violence in particular psychological effects to individuals and communities.
3. Learn about strategies to address and prevent lateral violence.
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