The presentation will explore how cultural supervision has been implemented within Centrecare’s organisation to help develop, promote and embed cultural safety, to raise awareness and understanding on a professional and personal level through truth-telling, shared learning and creating a foundation of respect, responsiveness and resilience that will build up the capacity and wellbeing of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

In the past four years, cultural supervision has been established alongside two Aboriginal identified Cultural Lead positions, who have been empowered to design and deliver supervision in a respectful and safe yarning space, according to the Aboriginal ways of knowing, being and doing.
Cultural Supervision is currently provided to agency staff across the Perth metropolitan area and throughout the South-West and Goldfields region of Western Australia.

The safe yarning space is provided on an individual and group basis and delivered in-person and online. It provides flexibility and a chance for staff to explore and unpack ‘uncomfortable spaces’ without judgement and to share and reflect on practices to increase or better engage with Aboriginal families, individuals, (including young people) and the community, enabling practices to be embedded in a responsive, respectful and culturally safe manner, throughout their various fields.

Aboriginal colleagues are also provided with cultural mentoring and support on an individual and group basis (where needed)