Professional standards for bi-cultural work
To build on bi-cultural workers’ expertise and develop organisational capacity to employ bi-cultural workers in a culturally safe way, cohealth has developed a set of professional standards in collaboration with bi-cultural workers and other staff from across the community sector.
Professional development for your organisation
cohealth delivers online ‘Professional Standards for Bi-cultural Work’ training.
In this training you will learn about cohealth’s professional standards for bi-cultural work and approaches to implement them in ways relevant to your work. You will learn new strategies to collaborate effectively with bi-cultural workers, to deliver culturally safe community led projects and effective community engagement.
This training is for people who work with or employ bi-cultural workers and for bi-cultural workers interested in developing new strategies to improve cultural safety, effective community engagement and community led practice.
Topics covered:
- Roles and responsibilities of bi-cultural workers
- The benefits and challenges of bi-cultural Work
- Inclusive recruitment strategies
- Cultural safety
- Ethical considerations
The training is delivered across 2x three-hour sessions.
Cost:
- External Staff – $250
- Bicultural workers (who are unemployed or do not have training budget) – Free
To register your interest in the training, please email jasmine.phillips@cohealth.org.au.
Bi-cultural worker internship program
cohealth runs a bi-cultural internship program for people from refugee-like backgrounds who want to work as a bi–cultural worker. This program develops participant’s skills and expertise to work as bi-cultural workers and lead their own community-based projects. To register your interest, email jasmine.phillips@cohealth.org.au.
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Contact information
For more information about the bi-cultural work program, email jasmine.phillips@cohealth.org.au or call 0448 411 734.