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 short resource gives advice about how to start an inclusive conversation in a community about preventing suicide. Source: Everymind
This short checklist can help people think about when to seek help. Source: Menzies School of Health Research Aboriginal and Islander Mental Health Initiative (AimHi)
Eliza Packham has learned to speak openly about the trauma in her life, saying no to shame and sharing her experience to grow stronger and encourage others to do the same. Source: Desert Pea Media/WNSWPHN