A 3 hour workshop for practitioners in family and domestic violence services

Developed and delivered by a cultural safety trainer

This workshop builds practitioners’ understanding of cultural safety for Aboriginal people as one of the core overarching principles of practice, distinct from general cultural awareness or cultural competence training. Participants will explore what genuine cultural safety requires in day-to-day practice with Aboriginal people, families and communities.

Participants will examine what it means for materials and resources for Aboriginal people to be Aboriginal-led in their design, and why genuine choice between an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation and a mainstream provider is a right, not a formality. The workshop also explores family and domestic violence perpetration through both its gendered drivers and the ongoing impacts of colonisation and intergenerational trauma, so practitioners can hold both truths at once.

The session covers intergenerational trauma and the Stolen Generations, and their relationship to both family and domestic violence perpetration and to healing, alongside what it means to genuinely work alongside Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations, including embedding co-design practice rather than consulting after decisions have already been made.

Participants will also be introduced to Indigenous Data Sovereignty principles as they apply to collecting and sharing data about Aboriginal people and communities. By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to distinguish cultural safety from cultural awareness in their own practice, and apply its principles to service design, partnership and data practices.

Duration: 3 hours

Audience: Practitioners working in specialist family and domestic violence services