![]() ![]() This article examines the origins of cultural safety as a practice for working with Indigenous peoples, demonstrating its flaws and shortcomings. We have found that understanding the impacts of trauma has the power to enable systems to repair and communities and individuals to heal. For several years, The Seedling Group and other Indigenous organisations have been training government teams, not-for-profit organisations and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to work in culturally safe and trauma-informed ways. Keywords:Īustralia, First Nations peoples, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, cultural awareness, cultural lens, cultural safety, decolonising trauma studies, trauma-informed training, culturally safe trauma-informed practice.Ĭulturally safe, trauma-informed practice training is essential to achieve cultural safety and healing. ![]() ![]() Trauma-informed cultural safety can allow profound change for individuals and the systems within which they practice. Sharing this knowledge with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations also has the potential to create safe healing spaces and interrupt trauma being passed on through generations. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are drawing immense strength and hope from understanding trauma and its impact on their lives. Organisations that are serious about working and partnering with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are becoming ‘trauma informed’. Recognising the role that historical and other traumas play in Indigenous people’s communities and lives is a prerequisite for respectful and safe practice.Ĭulturally safe, trauma-informed practice training makes cultural safety more achievable. It is critical that those working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities acknowledge and understand the impacts of trauma in order to engage in culturally safe practice. ![]()
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