4.2 Support attendance at All line June 2015 Cultural awareness additional cultural awareness managers (end of next training identified by training courses, seminars and full PDP review staff and conferences as part of staff cycle) considered/approved professional development plans by Senior Management Team Research and data: 4.3 Collect ethnicity data on the General December Cancer Australia’s culturally and linguistically Manager, 2014 corporate contact diverse groups with which Programs/ database will be Cancer Australia engages and Corporate updated to include a to which it delivers its services Affairs team where relevant diversity information can be inserted Other actions 4.4 Identify key indicators of diversity Multicultural December Set of indicators (e.g. country of birth data, Access & 2014 defined and language preferences, etc.) to Equity corporate contact guide scope of resources that Committee database fields should be considered for updated accordingly translation. These indicators will be considered for inclusion in future data collection Responsiveness Cancer Australia is committed to responding effectively to the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse communities in order to improve cancer service delivery and to ensure the provision of accessible information to aid consumer decision making and to raise awareness of cancer. Action Responsibility Timeline Target Standards: 5.1 Conduct an audit to identify any Multicultural 2014 Internal report whole-of-government standards Access & Equity compiled outlining and guidelines developed by Committee findings of audit Cancer Australia
4.2 Support attendance at additional cultural awareness training courses, seminars and conferences as part of staff professional development plans All line managers June 2015 (end of next full PDP review cycle) Cultural awareness training identified by staff and considered/approved by Senior Management Team 4.3 Research and data: Collect ethnicity data on the culturally and linguistically diverse groups with which Cancer Australia engages and to which it delivers its services General Manager, Programs/ Corporate Affairs team December 2014 Cancer Australia’s corporate contact database will be updated to include a where relevant diversity information can be inserted 4.4 Other actions Identify key indicators of diversity (e.g. country of birth data, language preferences, etc.) to guide scope of resources that should be considered for translation. These indicators will be considered for inclusion in future data collection Multicultural Access & Equity Committee December 2014 Set of indicators defined and corporate contact database fields updated accordingly Responsiveness Cancer Australia is committed to responding effectively to the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse communities in order to improve cancer service delivery and to ensure the provision of accessible information to aid consumer decision making and to raise awareness of cancer. Action Responsibility Timeline Target 5.1 Standards: Conduct an audit to identify any whole-of-government standards and guidelines developed by Cancer Australia Multicultural Access & Equity Committee 2014 Internal report compiled outlining findings of audit
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