LGBTIQA+ Foundations of Inclusive Practice

Event description

This online workshop will be hosted by the Centre for Women’s Safety and Wellbeing and facilitated by Bella from Connection and Wellbeing Australia.

The workshop provides participants with key information on providing inclusive and appropriate service provision to LGBTIQA+ people. Participants will be able to reflect on their own and their organisations ways of working and consider what is needed to create safe, supported and inclusive environments.

This workshop will provide a safe and supportive space to ask any questions you have.

Learning objectives

On completion of the workshop, participants will be able to:

Better understand LGBTIQA+ people and communities
Understand the language relating to the LGBTIQA+ community
Recognise frameworks for understanding sex, gender, and sexuality
Analyse their current ways of working in their personal work practice and their organisation to better facilitate inclusion for LGBTIQA+ people
Create a safe, supportive and inclusive environment for LGBTIQA+ people Identify various LGBTIQA+ groups they can connect with to increase access to supports

Online

Date: Tuesday, 20 June 2023

Time: 9:00am – 13:00pm

Online: via Webinar Jam

Cost: $20.00 +GST

Please email darcee@cwsw.org.au if cost is a barrier to attending. Group discounts are considered if multiple workers from the same organisation are registering.

Registration: via Humanitix

Registration is essential to access the workshop. Registrations will close end of day, Monday, 19 June 2023.

Who should attend?

This workshop is suitable for those working in the domestic and family violence sector as well as the broader community services sector.

About the facilitator

Connection And Wellbeing Australia (CAWA) is a Social Enterprise whose focus is on providing training and support for organisations, community groups and individuals, to work towards our vision of a mentally healthy, inclusive and suicide safer community. This workshop will be delivered by Bella Broadway (she/her). Bella has worked in a number of sectors including mental health, education, supported accommodation and others, and across government, not for profit and corporate spaces. Bella is passionate about creating safe spaces to talk about hard issues and sees these as the key to making sure that all people seeking help receive safe, informed and best practice support.