Feeling Deadly, Working Deadly
This toolkit, designed to support the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander alcohol and other drugs workforce, may also be valuable for mainstream workers supporting Indigenous clients with AOD and social and emotional wellbeing issues. It addresses issues including:
Heavy work demands
Defining roles and boundaries
Role stigmatisation
Translating mainstream work practices to ensure they are culturally sensitive
A lack of cultural understanding and support
Geographical isolation.
The toolkit comprises workbooks, case studies and a discussion guide as well a collection of fact sheets for supervisors to support their teams:
The complex personal lives of Indigenous AOD workers
Indigenous ways of working
Rewarding workers
Mentoring
Recruiting and retaining workers
Clinical supervision
Developing teams.
And fact sheets for workers to prevent stress and burnout:
Worker wellbeing – A Guide For Workers
Mentoring – A Guide For Workers
Clinical Supervision – A Guide For Workers
Goal setting – A Guide For Workers.
Source: NCETA
More Suggested Resources
This Powerpoint presentation describes the roles of language and culture in the social and emotional wellbeing of people in the East Kimberley. From a 2019 Empowered Communities workshop. Source: Binarri Binyja Yarrawoo
Yarning about Mental Health These videos from Menzies School of Health Research, contains strength-based messages around mental health and wellbeing. It also highlights the importance of culture, family and community in maintaining good mental health and provides tools that can be used to promote wellbeing. The video was developed with First Nations Australians in the Northern Territory.
A collection of resources for people and agencies working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people, to help advise them about safe and appropriate online interactions. These co-designed videos and posters address topics including: Bullying Sexting Respect Source: eSafety Commissioner