Reference no: EM133188354

CCS101 Communicating for cultural safety

Assessment: Digital Presentation

Digital Presentation

Introduction
Nurses are required to effectively communicate and work respectively with people from diverse social and cultural groups, including Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Health professionals must be able to identify issues of diversity, and ensure human rights are maintained at all times in their practise.

This assessment provides an opportunity for you to communicate your understanding of cultural diversity in Australia and to develop a cultural safety strategy.

Summary
This assessment requires you to create a digital presentation (using software like PowerPoint or Prezi) about diversity in Australia, which includes development of a cultural safety strategy.

Task Instructions
To complete this assessment, you must create a digital presentation. Your presentation should be completed using PowerPoint, Prezi or other similar program. It should:
• Have a minimum of 12 slides
• Be no longer than 1000 words
• Include notes for each slide (if required), explaining the purpose of the slide
• Use relevant imagery for each section, to emphasise the information being presented
• Include the three sections that are detailed below
• Address each point specified below, taking into consideration the specified items required or word counts and if a reference is required.

• Include an introduction and a conclusion slide.

Presentation Sections
Your presentation must include the three (3) sections listed below. Each of those sections should form a different focus for the presentation, and have its own title. Within each section, there are a number of points that you must address, as detailed below.

Section 1: Clarifying cultural competence and diversity In this section you must address the following concepts:
1. Culture: Provide a 20-30-word definition of culture Reference required.
2. Cultural awareness: Describe your own cultural identity, by providing:
a.A 20-word summary of your culture b.Two (2) beliefs/belief systems you have
c. Two (2) personal values and attitudes you hold
d. Two (2) examples of how the community attitudes, language, policies and structures of your culture impact on how you view different people and groups.
3. Diversity: Provide a 20-30-word definition of diversity Reference required.

4. Diversity: Describe the characteristics of each aspect of diversity listed below (10 words for each dot point) Reference required.
a. Culture, race, ethnicity b.Disability
c. Religious or spiritual beliefs
o d.Gender
o e.Generational
Sexual orientation/sexual identity - (Heterosexual, (LGBTQIA) lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, asexual or allied.)

Section 2: Concepts and considerations for diversity in Australia In this section you must address the following points:
1. Provide a summary of how the diversity of Australia's population impacts the different areas of work and life listed below (50 words for each). Reference required.
a. Political policy b.Social interactions
c.Economic policy and support
o d.Cultural awareness and acceptance
2. Describe in 50 words: Reference required.
a. The responsibility employers have to ensure a discrimination-free environment b.The rights that workers and clients have with regards to discrimination
c. What people can do if they feel they are being discriminated against.
3. Explain in 20 words, one (1) way in which Australia's diverse population has influenced and changed practices in Australia
4. For each of the following areas, specify one (1) law (national, state or international) that protects workers from discrimination in the workplace and one (1) implication for people who breach that law: Reference required.
a. Age

b. Disability
c. Race
d. Gender Identity
5. Identify two (2) policies/frameworks/tools/codes that are used in the workplace to ensure that human rights are maintained and respected. Reference required.
6. Provide a 15-word answer to each of the following: Reference required. a.What are human rights?
b. What is the ‘Universal Declaration of Human Rights'
c. What is the relationship between human needs and human rights?

Section 3: Respecting and understanding Indigenous cultures In this section you must address the following:
1. Summarise in 100 words,
a. the different cultures that exist within Australia's Indigenous population,
b. and the importance they place on law and kinship Reference required.
2. In 20 words for each, explain how these issues can affect Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanderpeople:
o Social expectations and prejudice
o Politics and government policies.
o Economics and financial issues.
3. Reflect on the impact of the systems and structures of the Australian healthcare system and state in 100 words, how these impact on Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people and their engagement with health services. Reference required.