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Victorian Refugee Health Network
DEEP LISTENING: WORKING WITH INDIGENOUS MENTAL DISTRESS
Professional Development Workshop
9am to 5pm
Thursday 31 January 2008
Gasworks Theatre, 21 Graham St, Albert Park (Mel ways: 2JH7)
Workshop facilitators Dennis McDermott is a Koori psychologist, academic & poet with 25 years’ experience in Indigenous social, spiritual & emotional well-being. He has special interests in the connection of culture and context in service delivery.
Di Gabb is a psychologist & educator, developing & delivering professional development programs for mental health & welfare personnel. Her special interest is how to bridge culture, ethnicity & mental health.
Workshop details
'How do I get them to talk? Mental health and other professionals inexperienced at working with Indigenous clients struggle with the limits of their cultural awareness, with language barriers and with the historical legacies of mistrust and misunderstanding. Cultural competency is more than sharing a joke. So what is it? And how can psychologists, doctors and others acquire it?
This workshop is suited for Indigenous and non-Indigenous health workers, careers, teachers and lecturers, government staff and anyone interested in the betterment of their Indigenous relations.
Ticket costs including BBQ Lunch - $75.
To register and pay online: www.stkildafestival.com.au
Assist hotline 03 9209 6777
E: ywn@portphillip.vic.gov.au
W: www.stkildafestival.com.au
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All Cultural training sessions will cover local demographics, customs and beliefs, health issues, attitude towards older people and aged care, and barriers in accessing services.
To obtain registration forms or for further information, please contact Wina Kung or Niquita Myers on phone 9285 4888 or Email wkung@miceastmelb.com.au or nmeyers@miceastmelb.com.au
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Do you want to use your bilingual skills?
English for Bilingual Health Workers is an accredited intermediate to high level English language course that will help you develop your language skills, whilst gaining skills and knowledge relevant to working in the health sector. The course will be based on the ESL Frameworks curriculum. Students who satisfactorily complete required modules will be awarded Certificate III or IV.
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Do you work
with deaf/hearing impaired clients from migrant backgrounds?
Vicdeaf has recently received funding from the Victorian Office of Multicultural Affairs (VOMA) to investigate the communication and language needs of deaf migrants and refugees, in order to provide improved interpreting services and better access to a range of healthcare providers for members of this group.
As part of this project we are surveying professionals who currently work with deaf or hard of hearing clients from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds to find out about their experience communicating with these clients and ways that this communication might be improved. We are also happy to provide referral services and other assistance to professionals unfamiliar with the deafness services that may be available for their clients.
The survey is available online by going to www.vicdeaf.com.au and clicking on the deaf migrants survey link. Participating in the survey requires you to answer questions about the languages used by your client, your use of interpreters when communicating with the client, the quality of communication with your client and steps that could be taken to improve communication with your client or the clients’ access to services. The survey should take only 5-10 minutes of your time to complete and participant anonymity is assured in all publications and presentations arising from this project.
Should you have any further queries about the project please don’t hesitate to contact Louisa Willoughby at Vicdeaf at louisaw@vicdeaf.com.au or on 9473 1138 (Mon and Wed only). Thankyou for your interest in the project.
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