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Cultural Safety
Rainbow Mandala Clinic acknowledges, with deep respect, the Traditional Custodians of the country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community.
We pay our respects to their culture, and their elders past and present, and extend this respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
We recognise a history of truth which acknowledges the impacts of colonisation on Aboriginal people resulting in the forcible removal from their lands.
We stand for a future that profoundly respects and acknowledges Aboriginal perspectives, culture, language and history.
We are deeply grateful for all that Aboriginal people have taught us, and continue to seek their teachings with openness and humility.
RMC embraces the following clinical protocols:
Cultural Safety
Cultural safety is determined by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals, families and communities.
RMC embraces Culturally safe practise through the ongoing critical reflection of health practitioner knowledge, skills, attitudes, practising behaviours and power differentials in delivering safe, accessible and responsive healthcare free of racism.
Communicating Positively: A Guide to Appropriate Aboriginal Terminology.
NSW Department of Health. 2019
The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan 2021–2031. Framework
The National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ Mental Healthand Social and Emotional Wellbeing 2017–2023.
The model of social and emotional wellbeing with 7 overlapping domains:
- body
- mind and emotions
- family and kin
- community
- culture
- country
- spirituality
- and ancestors (PM&C 2017; Gee et al. 2014).
The Framework is intended to guide and inform mental health and wellbeing reforms affecting First Nations people in Australia. It describes the importance of social and emotional wellbeing for First Nations people
The Continuous Improvement Cultural Responsiveness Tools (CICRT): Creating More Culturally Responsive Social Workers. Australian Social Work, 76(3). Bennett, B., & Morse, C. (2023).
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social and Emotional Wellbeing, in Working Together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health and Wellbeing Principles and Practice P. Dudgeon, H. Milroy, and R. Walker, Editors. 2014, Commonwealth Government of Australia.