CHCDIV002 Promote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural safety

Did the candidate demonstrate the following skills to industry standards? CHCDIV002 - Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety	1^st Observation Date: ________		2nd Observation (if required) Date: ________
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Identify the potential impact of cultural factors on service delivery to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients
Identify critical issues that influence relationships and communication with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people
Establish key aspects of cultural safety in consultation with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people
Evaluate the extent to which cultural safety is integrated in own work and workplace
Ensure work practices are grounded in awareness of one’s own cultural bias
Reflect awareness of own and other cultures in work practices
Use communication techniques and work practices that show respect for the cultural differences of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people
Engage with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander interpreters and colleagues as cultural brokers, according to situation needs
Support the development of effective partnerships between staff, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people and their communities
Identify and utilise resources to promote partnerships
Devise and document ways to support the delivery of services and programs that are culturally safe and encourage increased participation
Integrate strategies that encourage self-determination and community control in services and programs
Agree outcomes against which cultural safety strategies can be measured
Involve Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in evaluations
Evaluate programs and services against desired outcomes
Revise strategies based on evaluation with appropriate engagement of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people

Unit (CHCDIV002) Competency Reflective Practice Journal

Reflect on your practice as a CHC53315 Diploma of Mental Health student and identify how you have met this unit competency:

Students need to write down what tasks were carried out. What resources/equipment/aids that you found most useful. What students learned to meet the unit of competency? Please note your responses on the lines provided below.

A journal is a confidential record of your activities and reflections. When writing your journal, don’t be too concerned with neatness, grammar and punctuation, but rather focus on being spontaneous, open and honest in your reflections. Your journal entries should not just be lists of what you did each shift but how you felt, what you learned and how you could improve.