Strategies for Recognizing and Respecting Diversity

This document discusses the importance of diversity and strategies to recognize and respect the needs of people from diverse social and cultural backgrounds. It also explores workplace strategies for effective communication and promoting cultural safety. The document includes a reflection on personal perspectives on diversity and the impact of European settlement on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

DIVERSITY

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
Reflection on perspective on diversity........................................................................................3
Describing different strategies which can utilise to recognise and respect needs of people form
diverse social and cultural background.......................................................................................4
Ensuring about recognised and respected needs of client...........................................................4
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
Describing how to actively promote Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety..........5
Looking into culture and history of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people.......................5
Common workplace strategies to ensure effective communication with Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander people...................................................................................................................6
Culturally appropriate practices that could provide respecting diversity of culture to cultural
safety at workplace......................................................................................................................7
Ways to encourage involvement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in planning
and delivery of services or programmes offered by workplace..................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Diversity refers to understanding each and every individual with differences like racial,
geographic, academic background, socio-economic and many more. This is the one in which
there are different people who need to relocate with geographical location. In this report, there is
discussion about reflection about own perspectives on diversity. This report also includes
different strategies in an organisation where worker utilise to respect need of people with social
and cultural background. There is also discussion about the Torres strait islander people which
includes European settlement impact, loss of culture and land along with importance of law and
Kinship. There is also discussion about workplace strategy for effective communication. There is
also discussion about ways which can encourage involvement of Aboriginal or Torres Strait
islander people in planning and delivery of services along with different programmes that are
offered by workplace (Morales, 2017).
TASK 1
Reflection on perspective on diversity
I think that there is different benefits of diversity in which I can learn different culture
and can meet with different race, gender and different people who have different thinking which
lead to different culture and different experience which are there able to get better learning about
which is due to diversity. This is the one in which there is different opportunity to learn many
things like culture, language which are there used from past time. Sometimes I think that I have
some bias thinking which is regarding diverse people that they should not get more benefits of
different scheme which are there run by government in relation to provide them some help in get
there with better comfort. In this, my thinking may have some limitation which is due to listening
about different people who come from far away due to some specific reason. I have some
specific thinking which I have learned by due to interacting with surrounding people and loving
ones which creates some perception about people who have the diversity from different place to
another (Bonta, 2017). I should take my thinking to another level by collecting information form
reliable sources that can help me to get aware about diversity and its positive aspects. I like to
visit different places and some people need to go other places for longer period of time or for
forever. My thinking is that it is ok but when salespeople diversify them selves to my town or
country then I realise that why they came here. They should go to somewhere else. This is the act

I need to improve which can be only done by getting aware about different people with different
positive aspects which I should learn for myself with the help of social awareness.
Describing different strategies which can utilise to recognise and respect needs of people form
diverse social and cultural background
There are different strategies that can be used and utilise to recognise and to respect the
need of people that is from diverse social along with cultural background that are going to be
discussed further (Feinberg, 2021).
Cross-cultural communication- This is the one which have high impact on the diversity
which are there able to get better understanding about different culture and to help them
understanding the current culture and to adopt on that place. This is the one in which there are
different problem are there due to having difference in communication with different culture
people.
Practising good manner- This is the one in which there is need to practice good manner
in relation to behave better and with respect with other who are form other places. This can help
to get and understand better the culture of that place which can lead to better and friendly
environment in workplace. This can help to recognise need of people with diverse social and
cultural background.
Pay attention regarding difference in culture- This is the one in which there are
different people with different background and could have different attitude and culture. There is
need to respect each and every culture in relation to make friendly atmosphere. Here, it is highly
needed to pay attention regarding different culture which have their own different values.
These are some of the strategies which can be utilised to create better environment in the
workplace to respect other culture and with diverse (Sit and et. al., 2017).
Ensuring about recognised and respected needs of client
According to the case study, there is need to first use of better and comfortable
communication with client which should be similarly understand by both parties. In relation to
this, there is need to ask someone who have the information about similar language or the
translator who have the information about both language that can help to get better understand t
and better delivery of information to both doughtier and mother in effective manner. In relation
to this, there is need to provide better information regarding their need to and to deliver the
information in such a manner that information can provide satisfactory output for them. There is

also need make her comfortable which can help to deliver the information and helping with
different services in better and effective manner (Jarrahi, 2019).
TASK 2
Describing how to actively promote Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety
In relation to provide better safety to people of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, there
is need to use different strategy which should be implemented in effective manner that can help
and lead to better safety. Firstly there is need to develop trust which can help to get better
understanding about each other. This can help to get better better communication and lead to
provide better assure about their safety. There is also need to use the respectful communication
which can help them to get ensure about that they are getting respect form people and can
provide assure about their safety. To take them in confidence about their better safety, there is
need to change attitude towards others culture and beliefs about others. This can help to promote
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety cultural safety (Osborne, 2017).
Looking into culture and history of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people
Looking into culture and history of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander they are different
people. Aboriginal are the people who are said to be the people of mainland Australia. Torres
Strait Islander are the people form the 274 islands which are located in north of Australia. They
are the one who generally celebrate the Indigenous cultures. This is the one which is celebrated
by all the Australian. In relation to this, there are different people who like to live in this culture
and follow this.
Impact of European settlement- There were high impact of European settlement which
are there able to created a huge impact on the lifestyle of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
people. They were the one who were highly impacted by this settlement. In this, there are many
leads were consumed and they needed to left there are to go far for live. Due to this settlement
there were large number of conflict which was there devastating impact on Indigenous people.
There was dispossession of land along with this, there was huge exposure to different disease
which were lead to cause of many death (Lam, 2018). There were so much violent conflict which
leads to high number of loss of life of Aboriginal people. This was there in yea5r 1788 where,
there was huge change can be seen due to this settlement. In this, Australian were treated by
British like colony of settlement, not of conquest. In this, there were the possession of land by

British colonists which was there on the premise that was belongs to no one. This was the one for
which there was war and settlement leads to different changes in Australia. There was high
impact on the environment which was there before the settlement which was there related with
jungle, river valleys, desert, coasts, swamps or grassland. There were totally different in the
environment which was highly impacted by European settlement. In this, due to settlement, there
was huge change in environment along with this, there were huge introduction of diseases which
were not there before settlement. After settlement there are huge change in the live-hood and all
things which was different before the European settlement (Gelfand, 2017).
The loss of land and culture- There is huge change in the land and culture of Aboriginal
or Torres Strait Islander people that was related with different culture. There were many of the
land which were said to no ones land at that time which were possessed by British due to not
belongingness to any. There was seen as the huge chance to get that land as the part of British
colonisation. This was the one for which there was huge war there and in response there were
many death. In resultant, there was many lands which were of Australian was possessed by
British. This leads to high loss of land and due to this, there were huge change in their culture. It
is said that with coming of European there were huge change occurs. There were seen that
dispossession of land along with this, there was seen that there were also seen that there were
destruction of culture which was there established in many years. In relation to this, due to loss
of land there were different problem for them in relation to get different place to live on. There
were huge change due to loss of land and this leads to the loss of pride, dignity along with
culture. This was the one in which there were loss of land lead to loss in dignity which decreases
the self-esteem and confidence which was there before. Due to European settlement there were
huge change in the possession on land which was there able to cause high difficulty which was
there in the culture and due to loss of land by Aboriginal there were huge change in the
livelihood of them and there were very less people live there after the change which was there
about quality of life (Braithwaite, 2019).
Common workplace strategies to ensure effective communication with Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander people
There are different workplace strategies which ensure about the effective communication
with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Some of the workplace strategies are
discussed further.

Avoid using complex words and use clear language- This is the one which can help to
get better communication with them. In workplace there is need to use the clear language that
can help them to get better understanding about them and their behaviour. This can help to get
contact with them and can lead to better relationship. This is the one that can lead and provide
them feeling of getting respect from other and can get motivated to built better relationship
(Dell’Aversana, 2017).
Need to be aware about words which have different meaning in different communities-
In relation to this, there is need to provide better communication that can lead to better and
productive communication. This can help to get connect with them to get better response and to
create better relationship. There are different words which have different meaning in their
language and communities which can be awkward for both of them. So, there is need to use such
words to aware with in relation to avoid such miss-communicating words during communicating
with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander.
Culturally appropriate practices that could provide respecting diversity of culture to cultural
safety at workplace
There are different culturally appropriate practices which is able to respect the diversity
to culture safety at workplace in which some of them are going to be discussed further.
Respect religious holiday- This is one of the good practices in which there are different
holiday which can help to show the respect which are there provided to different cultural people.
This is the way to show that their religion have the same respect as others religion and this can
help to get better respect to diversity culture (Jiang and et. al.,2019).
Invite others form different background- This is the one which is also able to show
respect about culture which is not only to show respect towards different culture people but it
also help for better and diverse opinion. This can help in organisation to get better business.
During hiring or promoting focus on skills, ability and knowledge along with result-
This is the one in which there is need to focus on the employee ability, skills, their knowledge
and result which should matter during hiring or promoting. There should not be decision on any
stereotype.

Ways to encourage involvement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in planning and
delivery of services or programmes offered by workplace
There are different ways through which there is encouragement of Aboriginal
involvement in planning and delivery of services that are offered by workplace. Some of them
are discussed further.
Acknowledgement of country or their place- This is the one which can help to motivate
and feel product about their place and through this there is change of development of motivation
which can help them to get involve in the planning and delivery of services or programmes
which are offered by workplace. Acknowledgement is the one which can help to get involve in
the country that can lead to get better outcome in involvement in different activity of Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander people in their workplace.
Introduce Reconciliation Action Plan- This is one of best way to attract Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander people at workplace to get involve in different activity and delivery of
services which can help to get better attraction and let them involve in such plan. This is the one
which creates high level of interest within them to get involve in such programmes and plan that
could be directly or indirectly relates with them and their places.
Including posters, artwork or artefacts that celebrate culture- This is the one which is
able to create high level of interest ot the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to get
involve in the planning and related delivery of services which can have impact on their culture,
places or provide them some positive idea regarding improvement in their situation and solution.
This can help them to get attract and encourage them to get involve in different planning and
activities which are there at their workplace (Solomon, 2017).
CONCLUSION
From above discussion, it can be concluded that there is high need to support different
culture in relation to show them their respect and value at their workplace and other places.
There is need to show respect to different culture and diversity which can lead to better deal and
different value to various culture. In this report, there is discussion about perspective on
diversity, and different strategies to show respect to diverse social and cultural people. There is
discussion about culture and history with impact of European settlement. There is also some
discussion about common workplace strategies and essential to culture safety and way to
encourage Aboriginal people in planning and different activity in workplace.

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