Historically there has been ineffective responses from the Australian government to the difficulties faced by the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. In remote areas of Australia there is a lack of infrastructure.
Difficult social environments due to historical events, community, family and individual issues are factors that can have an effect on service delivery to the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community.
Question 1
Identify the potential impact of the cultural factors above on service delivery to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children and their families.
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Question 2
Write a short paragraph about the critical issues that influence relationships and communication between indigenous and non-indigenous people
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Question 3
List two key aspects a service must establish to ensure cultural safety in consultation with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people
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Question 4
Give an example of the extent to which cultural safety may be used in the workplace.
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Cultural bias leads to negative stereotyping and discrimination. It is not always easy for childcare workers to understand how our own culture can influence how we think, feel and behave. Many people from different cultural backgrounds work together in childcare services.
Question 5
In what way can a service ensure that they foster an understanding of cultural safety across the service?
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There is not a ‘right time’ in Aboriginal and Torres Strait island culture to feed a child or for a child to sleep. These two child’s needs are left completely under the decision of the child. In contrast to the mainstream practice of establishing routines for feeding, sleeping and activities, Australian indigenous cultures believe that it is the child that knows when he/she is hungry or sleepy and so adults have to respect and satisfy these judgements.
Scenario
An Aboriginal child (Killara) has started at the service. It is her first day and the child shows no signs of hunger at morning tea time and is reluctant to come and sit with the group to share morning tea. You ask if you should save some Morning Tea for Killara. Your room leader tells you that Killara can now wait until lunch time to eat. You follow your room leader’s instruction.
Use the reflective cycle (given below) to examine your own social and cultural bias towards another culture in your work practice by completing the table below based on the following scenario. You must take into consideration the information given in the scenario.
Question 6
The Reflective Cycle: Your response
Feelings: What are your own values and attitudes about establishing routines for feeding, sleeping and activities for children? *Please write your response here
Evaluation: Discuss the differences and similarities between your own cultural beliefs and those of Aborigines in regards to routines for children
Analysis: What do you think about your room leader’s response? Do you think she could have reacted in another way?
Conclusion: What do you think about your reaction to your room leader’s instructions? Did you respond appropriately?
Action: If this situation happened again what might you do differently?
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Question 7
Please complete the table below. Give examples of how you would use the effective communication techniques and work practices listed in the table when working with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children and their families.
Technique Example
Reflect on professional practices *Please write your response here
Display empathy appropriately
Use culturally appropriate visual resources
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Question 8
Identify why a service might need to use the services of an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander interpreter and how might their services be provided?
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Question 9
Identify two different strategies you could use to foster an environment of mutual respect to support the development of effective partnerships between cross cultural relationships
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