INDIGENOUS LGBQTI MENTAL HEALTH INCLUSION AND WORKFORCE CULTURAL
CAPABILITY - 1 DAY WORKSHOP
RECENT MELBOURNE PARTICIPANT _“Was great to be led by someone with
lived experience”_
RECENT DARWIN PARTICIPANT _“Excellent workshop. Definitely will
recommend. Great content. A+++”_
Both Indigenous and LGBQTI people experience additional societal
challenges which contribute to the increased development of
depression, anxiety, and alcohol and other drug problems, as well as
many more of life’s difficulties and challenges. In their help
seeking efforts, services that are not inclusive in their practice can
create extra obstacles, affecting service delivery and restricting
optimal health outcomes for Indigenous LGBQTI people.
By attending the INDIGENOUS LGBQTI MENTAL HEALTH INCLUSION AND
WORKFORCE CULTURAL CAPABILITY- 1 DAY WORKSHOP participants will
increase their knowledge of the heightened suicide risk for INDIGENOUS
LGBQTI PEOPLE AND ARE ASSISTED IN IDENTIFYING THE INHERENT HEALTH
RISKS AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE DUAL EXPERIENCES OF BEING BOTH
INDIGENOUS AND LGBQTI IDENTIFYING. This includes the social
determinants of HEALTH SPECIFIC TO INDIGENOUS AND LGBQTI PEOPLE.
The INDIGENOUS LGBQTI MENTAL HEALTH INCLUSION AND WORKFORCE CULTURAL
CAPABILITY workshop increases participants knowledge and literacy of
the needs of Indigenous LGBQTI people and helps identify specific
micro aggressions; what they are and look at how they operate and
affect people’s experience in our health systems. The workshop also
provides practical examples of how to strengthen and enhance service
delivery as well as demonstrate how organisational and individual
attitudes and values impact on the people we work with (clients) and
alongside (colleagues).
_Launching in 2017, the_ INDIGENOUS LGBQTI INCLUSIVE PRACTICES IN
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE PREVENTION - 1 DAY WORKSHOP_ has been
delivered to over over 300 frontline workers in MENTAL HEALTH, suicide
prevention, as well as community and social serivce settings.
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Feedback examples from participants:
_“No 1. priority will be putting systems in place to engage more
with the Indigenous LGBQTI community.”__
_“Open conversations with the groups as well as having more
understanding of LGBQTI Indigenous communities. “_
_“I very much appreciated the combination of lived experience and
strong theoretical knowledge. It was powerful !”_
_“I have had my eyes open to areas of inclusive practice that I
hadn’t considered previously so it was great learning experience.
Thank you.”_
_“How to be able to make change as an individual in an organisation
and environment that is sustainable.”__
This is a full day event_. _
**PLEASE CONTACT ORGAINSER FOR ALTERNATIVE PAYMENT OPTIONS
DAMEYON@BLACKRAINBOW.ORG.AU
**VENUE MAYE CHANGE DEPENDING ON NUMBERS.
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