It is also important to remember that the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families you work with may come from a different community and identify with a different cultural group to people you speak to locally. Establishing the cultural background and connections for the family themselves will also be important to inform how you work with them. The following reflective exercise provides an opportunity for non-Indigenous professionals and agencies to consider and reflect on their commitment to working in genuine partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to deliver intensive family support services. It is drawn from a series of SNAICC resources to support genuine relationship development called Creating Change through Partnerships, which are available from the SNAICC website. Reflective Exercise 1: Commitment to genuine partnership for non-Indigenous organisations and professionals The following principles for genuine partnership are extracted from SNAICC (2014) Creating Change through Partnerships. They are drawn from consultation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous agencies engaged in partnerships about what they believe is most important to the success of their relationships. Read the statement below and reflect on the following questions: Are these principles that I believe I should enact as an individual, or that we should enact as an organisation? How could I/we reflect these principles in family support services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families? Commitment to long-term Significant time spent building relationships between sustainable relationships based on staff, organisations and community. Partners commit trust to ongoing relationship, not only an activity or project. Commitment to build cultural understanding, to Respect for Aboriginal and Torres consult and listen to the local community, and to value Strait Islander culture and history Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge and professionalism. Commitment to Empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander for Aboriginal and communities to lead response to child and family Torres Strait Islander peoples needs. Building Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, organisation and workforce capacity. Aim to improve long-term Identifying and sharing respective strengths in being for Aboriginal and Torres supporting children and families. Partnership resources viewed as community resources and shared Strait Islander children, families for the benefit of children and families. and communities Shared responsibility and Negotiated and shared vision is developed. Partners accountability for shared jointly develop indicators of success and work together objectives and activities to monitor and evaluate progress. Valuing process elements as Agreements clarify commitments, roles and integral to support and enable accountability. Time and resources allocated to joint partnership planning, review, and partnership development.
It is also important to remember that the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families you work with may come from a different community and identify with a different cultural group to people you speak to locally. Establishing the cultural background and connections for the family themselves will also be important to inform how you work with them. The following reflective exercise provides an opportunity for non-Indigenous professionals and agencies to consider and reflect on their commitment to working in genuine partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to deliver intensive family support services. It is drawn from a series of SNAICC resources to support genuine relationship development called Creating Change through Partnerships, which are available from the SNAICC website. Reflective Exercise 1: Commitment to genuine partnership for non-Indigenous organisations and professionals The following principles for genuine partnership are extracted from SNAICC (2014) Creating Change through Partnerships. They are drawn from consultation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous agencies engaged in partnerships about what they believe is most important to the success of their relationships. Read the statement below and reflect on the following questions: Are these principles that I believe I should enact as an individual, or that we should enact as an organisation? How could I/we reflect these principles in family support services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families? Commitment to long-term sustainable relationships based on trust Significant time spent building relationships between staff, organisations and community. Partners commit to ongoing relationship, not only an activity or project. Respect for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and history Commitment to build cultural understanding, to consult and listen to the local community, and to value Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge and professionalism. Commitment to for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples Empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to lead response to child and family needs. Building Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, organisation and workforce capacity. Aim to improve long-term for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, families and communities Identifying and sharing respective strengths in supporting children and families. Partnership resources viewed as community resources and shared for the benefit of children and families. Shared responsibility and accountability for shared objectives and activities Negotiated and shared vision is developed. Partners jointly develop indicators of success and work together to monitor and evaluate progress. Valuing process elements as integral to support and enable partnership Agreements clarify commitments, roles and accountability. Time and resources allocated to joint planning, review, and partnership development. being
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