Most of us are familiar with Professional or Clinical Supervision and the importance of reflective practice as a formal and ongoing process. This process helps us to maintain child-centred practice, increase our relational development skills as well as increasing our professionalism and wellbeing within the workplace.

Cultural Supervision is also essential for both Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal workers to ensure they are continually reflecting on their work and practice approaches. This ensures both worker safety and community safety when services are providing advocacy or support to Aboriginal people and their communities. 

It can also be an important tool for all businesses to ensure the Cultural Safety of their Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal workforce.

Cultural Supervision, when done right, and with absolute focus on reflective practice and resilience building can contribute to higher retention rates of employees. It will also, in turn increase your organisations recruitment rate of Aboriginal employees and other multicultural groups.

• Explore culturally based social and emotional issues (Intergenerational Trauma based issues)

• Find culturally relevant ways of interpreting issues

• Find culturally relevant ways of working with these issues

• Identify culturally relevant resources and programs to meet community needs

• Prevent cultural burn out for both non-Aboriginal and Aboriginal staff

• Increases retention rates of Aboriginal staff and other staff who are culturally competent

• Increases business reputation in community and makes recruitment of Aboriginal staff easier

All employees benefit from Cultural Supervision and ensuring Cross Cultural Competence of your organisation can and does prevent Cultural Burn Out. Particularly working within the difficult roles of Human Services, Child Safety and other high demand, stressful, work environments.