Walking Awareness into Practice – Adelaide
21 August @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm AEST
Free
Walking Awareness into Practice – Creating Relational Chiropractic Care Through the Power of Relationship, Language and Listening
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.
Workshop Overview
Last year, Traversing the Bridge explored some of the factors contributing to health inequities and challenged practitioners to consider the experiences of Aboriginal people within health systems.
This workshop moves beyond awareness and asks a different question:
How do we translate awareness into everyday practice?
Through reflection, discussion and practical application, participants will explore how relationships, language, and listening shape the experiences of Aboriginal people seeking care. Drawing on relational and strengths-based approaches, this workshop invites practitioners to consider how their words, questions, assumptions, and environments influence trust, connection, and outcomes.
Rather than focusing on what is wrong, this workshop explores what becomes possible when we intentionally create experiences that foster cultural humility, dignity, respect, curiosity and belonging.
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: 1:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: Ballroom 3, The Playford Hotel, 120 North Terrace, Adelaide
Our speakers
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- Name
- Ms 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).
