The City of Melbourne, through its Aboriginal Melbourne team, is considering ways in which to ensure all Indigenous Australians living and working in Melbourne city have opportunities to be actively involved in progressing its major initiatives.
Project Timeline: June 2022
Read MoreKarabena Consulting partnered with a SVHM research team to conduct a review of historical complaints made by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander patients.
Fifty patient complaints made between 2012 and 2021 were analysed using a co-developed internal assessment tool. We delivered a report documenting the thematic analysis of the complaints and systemic issues identified, and recommendations for the improvement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patient care.
Project Timeline: March 2022 – May 2022
Read MoreMullum Mullum is an Aboriginal community controlled organisation based in the Eastern Metropolitan Region of Melbourne.
Project Timeline: April 2022
Read MoreNalderun is an Aboriginal-led service provider to the Aboriginal community of the Mount Alexander shire in Victoria. Karabena was engaged by Nalderun to facilitate a strategic planning workshop and deliver a report of outcomes to support the development of the Nalderun Strategic Plan 2022-2025.
Project Timeline: March 2022 – April 2022
Read MoreKarabena Consulting was engaged to facilitate consultations with members of the Birrarung Council to inform the development of a bi-cultural governance model.
Project Timeline: December 2021 – March 2022
Read MoreKarabena Consulting was engaged by ACEM to develop illustrations to assist with culturally safe communication between clinicians and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients in Emergency Department (ED) settings. The project stemmed from the recommendations of the Traumatology Talks – Black Wounds, White Stitches report.
Project Timeline: August 2021 – February 2022
Read MoreKarabena Consulting was engaged by Western Health to review the impact of Western Health’s Aboriginal Health Cultural Safety Plan 2019 -2021, the Western Health Aboriginal Employment Plan 2019 – 2021, and relevant policies to provide recommendations for the development of the Western Health Aboriginal Health Cultural Safety Plan 2022 – 2025.
Project Timeline: August 2021 – January 2022
Read MoreThe VCS Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation specialising in cancer prevention and population health. Karabena Consulting was engaged by the VCS Foundation to develop a section of their online course for General Practitioners, practice nurses and other interested health care practitioners about breast, bowel and cervical screening.
Project Timeline: October 2021
Read MoreIn 2019, the Office for Women, Department of Premier and Cabinet partnered with Karen Milward Consulting Services (KMCS) to develop and deliver a Victorian First Nation’s Women’s Pilot Leadership Program.
Project Timeline: July 2019 – December 2021
Read MoreWurli-Wurlinjang Health Service is an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation based in Katherine, Northern Territory.
Wurli engaged Karabena Consulting to revise their Initial Assessment Form and develop associated training for staff.
Project Timeline: April 2021 – November 2021
Read MoreKarabena Consulting was engaged to undertake a cultural audit of ACEM’s existing online cultural competency modules and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) cultural competency resources.
Project Timeline: August 2021 – November 2021
Karabena Consulting was contracted by the Victorian Department of Families, Fairness and Housing to lead community consultations and contribute to the review of the Victorian Aboriginal Sexual and Reproductive Health Plan 2022 – 2030 (the Plan).
Project Timeline: June 2021 - October 2021
Read MoreThe City of Melbourne is the location for around a quarter of all employment in the greater Melbourne area including the great majority of high value jobs. While the City has been heavily impacted by COVID-19, it is likely to spring back strongly over the next year or two and will continue to be the largest employment zone and a home to innovation and future industries.
Project Timeline: March 2021 – October 2021
Read MoreThe Aboriginal Family Violence Primary Prevention Innovation Fund (Aboriginal Innovation Fund) was established by the Victorian Government to support Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations (ACCOs) to design, trial and evaluate the effectiveness of a range of innovative primary prevention interventions across Aboriginal communities in Victoria.
Project Timeline: May 2021 - September 2021
The Queensland Child Death Review Board (CDRB) is responsible for carrying out system reviews following the death of a child connected to the child protection system.
Project Timeline: June 2021 – August 2021
The project’s primary aim is to understand the needs and aspirations of First Nations people living in the City of Greater Dandenong, and to determine the feasibility of establishing a First Nations community space in the region.
Project Timeline: February 2021 - July 2021
The East Gippsland and Wellington Household Survey was an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-led research project that aimed to provide evidence to inform the development of services, programs and policies to improve the life outcomes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals, families and communities in the Outer Gippsland region of Victoria.
Project Timeline: August 2020 – June 2021
The Victorian Government announced the Victorian Stolen Generations Reparations in March 2020.
The Stolen Generations Reparations Steering Committee was established in December 2020 to provide recommendations and oversight on the design of reparations to Victorian Stolen Generations.
Project Timeline: March 2021 – May 2021
Integrated Team Care, PHN, primary health care, cultural safety, ACCHO, chronic disease, care coordination, commissioning, recommissioning, evaluation, complex chronic condition, multidisciplinary care, holistic care
Project Timeline: July 2020 - April 2021
The project aims were informed by ACEM’s vision to step towards achieving reconciliation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples by providing quality, culturally safe health care in EDs across Australia. To support this vision, ACEM commissioned Karabena Consulting to study cultural safety in ED settings from the perspectives of emergency service providers and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander service users.
Project Timeline: June 2019 - December 2020
