Description

Welcome to Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety course. This course has been designed to provide you with the knowledge and skills required to identify Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety issues in the workplace, model cultural safety in own work practice, and develop strategies to enhance cultural safety. It applies to people working in a broad range of roles including those involved in direct client service, program planning, development and evaluation contexts.

About this course

Training Provider: OHS.com.au with AlertForce (RTO Code 91826)

Location: Online

Course length: Approx. 4 hours (awareness version)

Time: Self-paced

Certification / Accreditation: Certificate of Completion* or Statement of Attainment depending on what is purchased

CPD Points: Yes. 4 points as certificate of completion or 5 points as Statement of Attainment.

Background – Who are Aboriginal Australians?

Aboriginal Australians refer to the Indigenous peoples living on the Australian mainland and its many islands. These include the Tiwi Islands and Groote Eylandt. The term Indigenous Australians is used to refer to both Torres Strait Islanders and Aboriginal Australians. It is used when both groups are involved in the discussion. Despite extensive cultural exchanges with Aboriginal groups, Torres Strait Islanders have their own ethnicity and culture. The Torres Strait Islands form a large part of Queensland, but they have a distinct governmental status.

Aboriginal Australians are many different people that have lived in Australia for more than 50,000 years. Although they share a complex genetic history, these peoples have only been able to be identified as one group in the past 200 years. Australian Aboriginal identity has been subject to change over time and space, with family lineage and self-identification as well as community acceptance being of different importance.

The continental shelf was home to Aboriginal Australians in the past. They were also isolated on smaller offshore islands and Tasmania during the Holocene Inter-glacial Period which occurred around 11,700 years ago. Although research on the genetic makeup of Aboriginal groups is ongoing, evidence suggests that they share some similarities with Papuans and have been isolated from Southeast Asia since a very long period. There were more than 250 Aboriginal languages before extensive European settlement.

Aims and Objectives of this course

This course Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety (based on CHCDIV002) will help you earn the skills necessary to identify the potential impact of cultural factors on service delivery to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients. Our Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety course is based on the unit of competency of CHCDIV002. Whilst this course is not nationally recognised, it follows the learning outcomes and elements associated with that unit. The course contains

1. . Narrated e-learning learning resources online
2. . Online Assessment tasks
3. . Ability to download your Certificate of Completion once assessment tasks are completed

What will you learn by completing the training course?

This course will include an understanding of awareness of the relevant legislation and your responsibilities in promoting Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety. Learning outcomes include:

How Is the Training Delivered?

Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety course is available online and completed in your own time. This Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety training course is based on the learning outcomes outlined above. The course is typically designed to be completed in a minimum of four hours. However, the exact length of the course may depend on your ability and prior knowledge around the subject.  As the training is delivered online, you are able to complete it at your own pace.

What Accreditation Will You Get?

After completing the Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety course, an assessment is conducted to determine if you have understood the information presented during the training course. If you pass this assessment, you receive a Certificate of Completion.

IMPORTANT NOTE whilst this course is based on the learning outcomes of the course provided, it is important to note that it is not a Nationally Recognised Statement of Attainment unless you opt for that option. Nationally Recognised training is only really required If you specifically require that unit of competency for a qualification or licence (typically this will require a practical component, further assessment and increased costs).

This course has been designed to comply with the best practices of national health and safety standards. Terminology has been chosen for clarity and ease of comprehension across jurisdictions. For example, ‘employer’ has been used to signify the broader term ‘PCBU’, while ‘WHS’ represents both work and occupational health and safety.

This training is not a substitute for professional legal advice. If you require further advice or information, please contact the health and safety regulator in your jurisdiction. A Certificate of Completion is issued on successful completion of the course and you are required to get an 80% pass mark to be deemed as understanding the content. It is recommended that training is conducted every 2 years to stay refreshed.

Is the course tax deductible?

Whilst you should get advice from your financial advisor to confirm, generally speaking further training and education related to advancing your career is 100% tax deductible.

Approx. run time: 4 hours