Promoting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Safety

Promote Aboriginal and
or Torres Strait Islander
cultural safety

Contents
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................4
PART 1............................................................................................................................................4
Cultural safety strategic document for an identified workplace......................................................4
a) Workplace or clinic offering health services or care to aboriginal and TSI people...........4
b) Provide a short statement describing the purpose of your cultural safety strategic document
in this workplace due to COVID 19.......................................................................................4
c) Strategies for the staff or the workplace that will guide practice and the way in which the
workplace will present itself...................................................................................................4
PART 2............................................................................................................................................6
Do some research and find another strategy similar and review your strategy - what would
you change?............................................................................................................................6
PART 3............................................................................................................................................6
Communication and engagement strategies...........................................................................7
Discuss 2 communication techniques that are appropriate when speaking with Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander people..................................................................................................7
Strategies for improved partnerships......................................................................................8
Evaluation of cultural safety strategies...................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11
Books and Journals...............................................................................................................11

MAIN BODY
PART 1
Cultural safety strategic document for an identified workplace
a) Workplace or clinic offering health services or care to aboriginal and TSI people.
Port Augusta hospital and Regional Health Services is a hospital located in Australia. The
hospital aims to provide leadership, planning and coordination related to Aboriginal health
services, inform, advise and refer to mainstream services (Sentence, 2021). The other services
that are provided by the hospital are diabetes care, health screening, assist and counselling health
workers. Along with that understand the needs and culture of the Aboriginal community.
b) Provide a short statement describing the purpose of your cultural safety strategic document in
this workplace due to COVID 19
It is seen that COVID 19 is hitting the lives of people in an adverse way. It is vital to take
care of all the healthcare workers as they are providing help and taking care of the people
suffering from the disease. Cultural safety strategic document is a written document that includes
all the strategies that are being formulated for managing the culture in the workplace. It is
important to note that there should be fairness and all the workers should be provided
environment where they are able to work freely and are safe.
So the purpose here is to build strategies that will help the workers to remain safe and work
in a free manner.
c) Strategies for the staff or the workplace that will guide practice and the way in which the
workplace will present itself.
Strategies are the actions that are formulated to guide the employees and staff of healthcare.
It helps them to work effectively in the condition of COVID 19. These strategies will help to
manage the workplace and let the staff work in an effective manner (Mahoney and Fleming,
2020). This help to promote safe culture in the organisation so the patients are treated in a well
manner.
Cultural safety: These strategies will help to promote cultural safety and provide the staff a
healthy and safe place to work.
Cultural knowledge