Cultural Competence Workshops

Increasing the cultural competence of the non-Indigenous mental health workforce

An important step to closing the gap in social and emotional wellbeing and mental health outcomes is to increase the cultural competence among non-Indigenous mental health service providers.

To achieve this, AIPA has developed a two-day Cultural Competence workshop for the non-Indigenous mental health workforce

Workshop aim

AIPA's cultural competence workshop aims to provide mental health practitioners with the cultural competence (skills, knowledge and attitudes) required to apply the National Practice Standards for the Mental Health Workforce within a social & emotional wellbeing framework when working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.  

Target Group

The workshop has been developed for non-Indigenous psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health nurses, social workers, and mental health trained occupational therapists.