please use the below information to answer this question " Why is consultation with aboriginal and torres strait islander people important when discussing and developing strategies for cultural safety" in 75 words felt included and welcomed into the program. 5. Organisations need to adapt their systems, policies and procedures to be culturally inclusive of the needs and expectations of their local community. 6. Providing Indigenous Australian people with the opportunity to become involved in education, health, community services, justice and housing programs gives ownership to local communities and is consistent with their decision-making processes. 7. Establishing the level of involvement of the relevant Indigenous Australian people is an important part of the early negotiation process. This means an organisation and its workers need to develop a range of strategies to develop and maintain effective relationships that respect existing cultural differences. Strategies include sharing power in decision making, Identifying employees, professionals and community members who have knowledge of Australian and/or Torres Strait Islander cultures enables organisations to provide more effective services to people with support needs and create a culturally sensitive and inclusive workplace. For example, without adequate cultural knowledge, it is possible for a community services worker to misinterpret an Indigenous Australian individual’s silence and avoidance of eye contact as a refusal to cooperate, when other cultural factors may be at play.

Cultural safety is about creating an environment that is safe for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. This means there is no assault, challenge or denial of their identity and experience.Cultural safety is about:Shared respect, shared meaning and shared knowledgeThe experience of learning together with dignity and truly listeningStrategic and institutional reform to remove barriers to the optimal health, wellbeing and safety of Aboriginal people. This includes addressing unconscious bias, racism and discrimination, and supporting Aboriginal self-determinationIndividuals, organisations and systems ensuring their cultural values do not negatively impact on Aboriginal peoples, including addressing the potential for unconscious bias, racism and discriminationIndividuals, organisations and systems ensuring self-determination for Aboriginal people. This includes sharing power (decision-making and governance) and resources with Aboriginal communities. It's especially relevant for the design, delivery and evaluation of services for Aboriginal people.Key elements of culturally safe workplaces and servicesKnowledge and respect for self: Awareness of how one's own cultural values, knowledge, skills and attitudes are formed and affect others, including a responsibility to address their unconscious bias, racism and discrimination.Knowledge and respect for Aboriginal people: Knowledge of the diversity of Aboriginal peoples, communities and cultures, and the skills and attitudes to work effectively with them.A commitment to redesigning organisations and systems to reduce racism and discrimination: Strategic and institutional reform to remove barriers to optimal health, wellbeing and safety outcomes for Aboriginal people.Cultural safety is an ongoing learning journey: An ongoing and response learning framework that includes the need to unlearn unconscious bias and racism and relearn Aboriginal cultural values.Why is cultural safety important?Cultural safety is a fundamental human right. It's also a legislative requirement of public agencies to provide safety in the workplace.The workplace environment, services and settings for health, wellbeing and safety must be culturally safe for all people.For a fair and equitable society free from racism and discrimination, we must address the underlying causes of culturally unsafe practice.Everyone's responsibility?Everyone has a responsibility for the cultural safety of Aboriginal people in their organisation. Everyone is responsible for how they work with Aboriginal staff, health consumers and clients of community services.Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural safety frameworkThe Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural safety framework has been developed to help mainstream Victorian health, human and community services and the department to create culturally safe environments, services and workplaces.The framework provides a continuous quality improvement model to strengthen the cultural safety of individuals and organisations.It aims to help the department and mainstream health, human and community services to strengthen their cultural safety by participating in an ongoing learning journey.

Educational and care organisations will usually—and ought to—have cultural protocols surrounding researching, sharing, and communicating information on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their cultures.Discuss the importance of gaining consent and permissions for the sharing of information about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history and culture and provide three (3) protocols that can be included by educators.

How does complying with anti-discrimination legislation ensure cultural safety to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children and their families? (Approx. 60 words).

In children’s education and care organisations it is important to create a culturally respectful and inclusive environment. This includes incorporating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and perspectives in learning experiences and routines. Give five (5) examples of how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture can be embedded in organisational routines.Answer

Discuss the importance of including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices and perspectives within the learning environment, and outline three (3) further strategies educators can use to promote understanding and respect.