A community engagement approach to working with CALD communities (Redlands)

There are various reasons why culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities do not access support services at the same rate as the broader population. Organisations therefore cannot rely on people from culturally diverse backgrounds to walk through the door but instead need to think outside traditional service models towards more proactive, flexible and targeted approaches.

About the workshop:

This workshop will explore how community engagement can be a powerful approach when working with diverse communities. The workshop will focus on key considerations when planning and implementing an engagement process as well as exploring useful tools, frameworks and principles. The workshop will look at strategies on how get to know your local community, how to build effective and authentic partnerships and how to respond to the priorities and needs within the community.

At completion of this training participants will be able to:

• Understand the principles of community engagement
• Identify strategies to understand their local community
• Understand common barriers to engaging CALD communities
• Identify effective strategies to improve service access
• Understand the available assets, resources, and access points to better connect with and support culturally diverse communities

Training details:

• Date: 12th of December 2023, Tuesday
• Time: 9.00 am till 12.00 pm AEST
• Online via MS Teams

Contact us

For more information, please contact: Michael Tawadros at mtawadros@ssi.org.au or 0468 647 404


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