Cultural Awareness – An Introductory Training – Melbourne
1 August @ 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm AEST
Free
Cultural awareness and safety considers and respects the cultural identity, values and lived experience of people accessing your service, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People. These values and experiences may differ from your own.
What will you learn, and why is it important?
This introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural awareness with a chiropractic practice context aims to improve the cultural awareness of Chiropractors and extend their knowledge about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history and culture. It will explore how attitudes and values can influence perceptions, assumptions and behaviours in a clinical setting, and discuss keyways that chiropractors and the practice team can be more culturally aware.
Ensuring your practice is culturally safe is also essential to increasing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples access to health services and ultimately closing the gap.
As health professionals, the Ahpra Code of Conduct requires practitioners to support good practice and the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, including cultural safety. This course will support culturally safe practice and is included as CPD eligible education.
Time: 1:30pm to 5:00pm
Location: Pullman Melbourne on the Park, 192 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne Victoria
Our speakers
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- April Clarke
- Biography
Gunditjmara Kirrae-Whurrong woman, Community Respected Person, Director, Aboriginal Health in Aboriginal Hands and Wellbeing Hub Director at Hands on Health Australia, Victoria.
April is a Gunditjmara Kirrae-Whurrong woman and a proud mother and grandmother. Her lifelong work has been grounded in strong community and consumer engagement, ensuring that the voices of Aboriginal people guide the development of health, education, justice, and wellbeing initiatives. As a respected leader and advocate, she has led and supported numerous culturally safe, community-led projects, promoting healing, empowerment, and meaningful outcomes for Aboriginal communities across Victoria.
Professional Profile
April has extensive experience in Aboriginal Affairs spanning education, justice, children’s services, and health. As a respected Community Elder, she has dedicated her life to creating culturally safe programs that deliver meaningful change, promote healing, and enhance the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal communities.April brings more than 20 years’ experience in Aboriginal Education and is deeply committed to embedding Koorie perspectives across all educational settings in Victoria. She is particularly passionate about creating culturally informed resources for early years education to ensure that Aboriginal knowledge is shared and celebrated from the start of a child’s learning journey.
Current Roles
- Director, Aboriginal Health in Aboriginal Hands, Hands on Health Australia
Community Involvement
In addition to her leadership of the Aboriginal Health in Aboriginal Hands program—including the Hands on Health clinic at the Thornbury Hub, Koorie carnivals, and sports training pathways for First Nations people—April was instrumental in establishing the Koorie Academy of Excellence in collaboration with the Victorian Aboriginal Education Association Incorporated (VAEAI).
