Report on Cultural Safety Strategies: Evaluation, Outcomes, and Review

This report focuses on the implementation and evaluation of cultural safety strategies in the workplace, specifically concerning the well-being of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The assignment addresses key aspects such as cultural awareness, acknowledgment of family responsibilities, and overcoming language barriers. The report evaluates the effectiveness of these strategies, reviewing outcomes through various methods like interviews and questionnaires, and proposes strategies for involving indigenous people in the evaluation process. Furthermore, it outlines the importance of consulting with relevant community members and revising strategies based on feedback, aiming to improve inclusivity, address discrimination, and promote a safer work environment. The report also highlights the need for indigenous people to be involved in decision-making and be promoted accordingly.

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Task 4
2.0 The strategies for improved cultural safety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people at
place of work include
i. Cultural awareness
ii. Acknowledging family responsibility
iii. Culture shock
iv. Avoiding language barrier
Task 5
2.1 Evaluation of cultural safety strategies
i. ATSLP culture has broad depth of responsibilities to families and sometimes they can be
absent from work. It is important to acknowledge this matter (Browne et al., 2016)
ii. Supporting and acknowledging cultural identities and self-determination of indigenous
people people.
iii. Majority of indigenous people, have difficulties in English communication making hard
to be understood by English speakers(Browne et al., 2016)
2.2 Reviewing outcomes of cultural safety
I will review them at different occasions which includes, time of work, at meetings and
during workshops

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2.3 What method would you use to review and measure outcomes of the cultural safety strategies
you implemented for the information session?
i. Interview
ii. Participation in solving matters
iii. Use of questionnaires to get responses if they are discriminated
iv. Setting complains drop box
2.4 Outline 2 (two) strategies in involving the indigenous people in your evaluations. Whom
would you involve in these evaluations?
i. Communication- The indigenous community have different ways of communication. I
will address the agreement and yes responses because indigenous Australian can respond
yes to any issues when confronted (Gair, et al., 2015)
ii. Appropriate technology- I will avoid the terms which try to classify the indigenous
community based on skin colour and percentage such as half-caste, full blood and a
quadroon. These terms are offensive to these people
Task 6
3.1 Whom (persons approved of by relevant local community elders) did you liaise with in
evaluating your plan and proposed outcomes?
In order to come up with relevant and appropriate outcomes, I will liaise with the minister for
indigenous affairs and minister of labour so that I can get permission to interact with the
indigenous community and evaluate on various cultural safety issues at work
3.2 Report on the review

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Majority of indigenous people was found to be discriminated at the place of work in
instances such as job promotion. In addition, indigenous people do not understand well English
and they need to be treated well at work to avoid discrimination. The indigenous community has
cultural responsibilities which at times make them be absent at work and these issues need to be
catered with at workplace. Furthermore indigenous people need to be involved in major decision-
making processes at place of work
3.3 Revise your planned strategies based on this evaluation and describe changes you have made
in your plan and proposed outcomes.
Based on the review, it is crucial to point out that the outlined strategies met a threshold
for safety of the indigenous people, however, according to the report on the review, the members
of the indigenous community will be involved in major decision-making process and also will be
promoted accordingly to avoid further discrimination and motivate work safety.

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Reference list
Browne, A, Varcoe, C, Lavoie, J., Smye, V, Wong, S, Krause, M., Tu, D, Godwin, O, Khan, K.
and Fridkin, A, (2016). Enhancing health care equity with Indigenous populations: evidence-
based strategies from an ethnographic study. BMC health services research, 16(1), p.544.
Gair, S., Miles, D., Savage, D. and Zuchowski, I., 2015. Racism unmasked: The experiences of
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in social work field placements. Australian Social
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