This project is part of the larger Cultural Audit project Karabena is undertaking with SVHM to actively improve health and wellbeing outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff, patients and their families by improving the cultural safety of the hospital.
Project Timeline: November 2022- February 2023
Karabena was engaged by the Victorian Department of Transport (the Department) to develop an Aboriginal Cultural Safety Framework (the Framework) for the entire Victorian Transport Portfolio (the Portfolio), consisting of more than 30 separate and variably interconnected agencies.
Project Timeline: April 2022 – January 2023
Karabena Consulting was engaged to facilitate a Trauma Informed practice course for all community focused workers to support the use of tools and strategies when identifying and dealing with trauma and/or vicarious trauma.
Project Timeline: October 2022 – December 2022
Read MoreKarabena Consulting was engaged by the Department of Premier and Cabinet, Victoria to support the establishment of the Victorian Closing the Gap (CTG) Partnership Forum. The CTG agenda contains key responsibilities, accountabilities, and commitments to close the gap for current and future generations of Aboriginal Victorians for the next 10 years.
Project Timeline: February 2022 – December 2022
Read MoreThe project focused on the development of a Business Case for the Albury Wodonga Aboriginal Community Strategic Plan. In partnership with atticusnow, Karabena Consulting led one of the strategic initiatives of focusing on inclusive and sustained decision making among people in the region.
Project Timeline: May 2022 – December 2022
Read MoreKarabena Consulting was engaged by VACCHO through a competitive tender process to support the organisation develop a partnership evaluation tool and process, to independently measure the ‘health’ of their partnerships and the extent to which they are enabling self-determination.
Project Timeline: August 2022 – December 2022
Read MoreThe National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) undertook a review of the Indigenous Student Assistance Grants Guidelines 2017 (the Guidelines). Consultations for the review were facilitated by Karabena Consulting.
Project Timeline: The review commenced in August 2022 with consultations occurring from August to September 2022 and drafting of amendments from October to November 2022.
Read MoreKarabena Consulting was engaged to facilitate a strategy day for the Yarra Valley Water (YVW) Board. The aim of the strategy day was to promote governance inclusive of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s aspirations for healthy Country.
Project Timeline: July 2022 – November 2022
In 2022, the Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association celebrates its 25th anniversary. To mark this occasion, AIDA commissioned Karabena Publishing to develop a publication of its 25-year history to be launched at its conference in October 2022, and a short film to be shown at its Gala Dinner in June 2022.
Project Timeline: July 2022 – September 2022
Read MoreKarabena Consulting was engaged by EMPHN to support the organisation develop a strategy to create trusting relationships, focusing on self-determination, and to gauge whether there is a need to independently measure the ‘health’ of their partnerships and the extent to which EMPHN funding is enabling self-determination.
Project Timeline: July 2022 – August 2022
Read MoreKarabena Consulting was engaged to develop the Victorian Aboriginal Cancer Journey Strategy (the Strategy) and the Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Framework, with the work overseen by VACCHO.
Project Timeline: April 2022 – August 2022
Read MoreKarabena Consulting was engaged to facilitate consultations with various stakeholders in the Victorian Aboriginal community housing sector to inform the development of a 20-Year Vision.
Project Timeline: November 2021 – June 2022
Read MoreKarabena Consulting was contracted to facilitate a process of healing for Ngunnawal families, the Traditional Owners of the region in the ACT, and consider ways in which Treaty can facilitate self-determination.
Project Timeline: May 2022 – June 2022
Read MoreKarabena Consulting was engaged to test the synergies between the United Ngunnawal Elders Council (UNEC) work on the ACT Treaty, the ACT Treaty Living Web, and the Healing Framework to be implemented at the Ngunnawal Bush Healing Farm (NBHF).
Project Timeline: June 2022
Read MoreThe 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
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