Introduction to Working with First Peoples Communities Additional Details

Introduction to Working with First Peoples Communities

Issued by Griffith University

This micro-credential lays a foundation for ethical, anti-colonial, and collaborative practice with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and community-run organisations. Students are introduced to ways of seeing, being, and doing that strongly align with Indigenist knowledges and philosophy. The micro-credential will focus on supporting participants to develop an understanding of how anti-oppressive practices support First Nation communities in regard to developing equitable and

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Skills

Earning Criteria

  • Discuss the connection between historic policy and practice and the current socio-economic circumstances of First Peoples Communities in Australia.
  • Explain anti-oppressive practise principles regarding the delivery of equitable, culturally safe and socially just services to First Nations communities.
  • Identify a range of practise models that support practitioners and their organisations to successfully deliver services in partnership and collaboration with First Peoples communities.
  • Respond effectively to community practice and engagement protocols as defined by First Peoples representative organisations.
  • Initiate an equitable approach to working with a First Nations community around community-identified needs.
  • Assignments - Written Assignments.