About the series

DFV, sexual assault and women's health and wellbeing workers are invited to join in the “Let's talk about” series.

"Let's talk about" is an opportunity to develop new knowledge and value add to current knowledge. We will gather and discuss sector themes in our communities building a shared wisdom through Knowledge Circles.

Held monthly each “Let's talk about” session will focus on topics that have been generated from previous Knowledge Circles and forums.

So come along and be a part of creating a community of practitioners.

August's topic: Mindfulness

The premise of mindfulness is to self-care and bring awareness to your senses. This sense of awareness can be helpful when working with vulnerable populations.

As a frontline service worker, its important to understand what happens when we work in a trauma response environment. This is even more relevant if you are an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Worker who works in or with your own community, as trauma has shaped many of our personal life experiences which can often be forgotten about during our busy work schedules especially how it can impact us in our professional lives as well.

The three key elements of Mindfulness are:

Having deliberate awareness (paying attention on purpose);
Being non-judgemental (not seeing things as good or bad, nor through the filter of personal judgements based on past conditioning, but rather seeing things "as they are");
Being nonreactive (to react is automatic, which implies no choice, and may not necessarily be the best for you or for others).

This sessions topic "Mindfulness" is about focussing on what is happening to us when we work in the trauma space.

Date: Thursday, 12 August 2021

Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm

To register for this event please click on the 'Get Tickets' button and complete the registration form.

Learning Outcomes:

The goal of the “Let's talk about" series is for Domestic and Family Violence workers to connect and discuss focal topics and practice themes from the DFV sector.

By the end of the sessions, participants will be able to:

Expand their understanding of the key themes.
Conceptualise key themes and issues that impact on sector work.
Apply shared wisdom to practice.

You can visit our website at WorkUP Queensland to find out more about our work and partners.

Who should attend

Domestic and Family Violence, Women’s Health or Sexual Assault Workers.

About the presenters

Samantha Wild (Awakening Cultural Ways)

Samantha is a proud Wakka Wakka and South Sea Islander woman and draws from her own cultural and community experiences to influence and inspire change for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

Awakening Cultural Ways provides research, evaluation, policy and strategy development and training to grow Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge translation within the health, wellbeing and social service sector.

Lee Fagan (WorkUP Queensland)

Lee is a Djabuganji bama (Rainforest person) from the Kuranda/Cairns Region in Far North Queensland through his mother and through his father he is connected to the Umpila (Eastern Cape York Peninsula) and Yirraganji (Coastal Cairns) peoples of Far North Queensland.

Lee has worked in Community Services for over 20 years particularly in the Youth and Family space and has also been working in the adult learning and health research areas as well for many years. He is passionate about working with both Indigenous and Non-Indigenous communities.

Lee has been employed as a Project Officer with WorkUP Queensland since Late 2019.