The University of New England, Faculty of Health and Society, Armidale, NSW, 2351, Australia.
The University of Wollongong, Early Start, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia; University of Canberra, Faculty of Health, School of Health Sciences, Australia.
Child Abuse Negl. 2023 Jul;141:106232. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106232. Epub 2023 May 21.
There is a disproportionate representation of Aboriginal children in the Australian Out of Home Care system. An important strategy to ensure Aboriginal children experience trauma informed care that is culturally situated is to have access to Aboriginal practitioners. The experiences of Aboriginal practitioners working in Aboriginal Out of Home Care have not been explored thoroughly.
This community led research was undertaken on Dharawal Country on the South Coast of the Illawarra region, Australia with an Out of Home Care program managed by an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation. The study included Aboriginal (n = 50) and non-Aboriginal (n = 3) participants connected through employment or community membership to the organisation.
We aimed to explore the wellbeing needs of Aboriginal practitioners working with Aboriginal children in Aboriginal Out of Home Care.
This co-designed qualitative research project used yarning sessions (individual and group), co-analysis with co-researchers, document analysis and reflexive writing.
Aboriginal practitioners are required to bring their cultural expertise to their work and with this, there is an expectation of cultural leadership and the fulfilling of cultural responsibilities. These elements bring with them emotional labour that must be acknowledged and accounted for in working in the Out of Home Care sector.
The findings point to the importance of establishing an organisational social and emotional wellbeing framework in recognition of Aboriginal practitioner's specific needs, centring cultural participation as a key wellbeing and trauma informed strategy.
在澳大利亚的非家庭照料系统中，原住民儿童的代表性不成比例。确保原住民儿童获得文化上适当的、了解创伤的护理的一个重要策略是让原住民从业者参与进来。从事原住民非家庭照料工作的原住民从业者的经验尚未得到充分探索。
这项社区主导的研究在澳大利亚伊拉瓦拉地区南部海岸的达拉瓦尔土地上进行，该研究涉及一个由原住民社区控制的组织管理的非家庭照料项目。研究包括与该组织通过就业或社区成员关系联系在一起的原住民（n=50）和非原住民（n=3）参与者。
我们旨在探讨在原住民非家庭照料中为原住民儿童工作的原住民从业者的福利需求。
这个共同设计的定性研究项目使用了闲谈会议（个人和小组）、与共同研究者的共同分析、文件分析和反思性写作。
原住民从业者被要求将他们的文化专业知识应用到工作中，因此，他们需要承担文化领导责任和履行文化责任。这些因素带来了情感劳动，在非家庭照料部门工作时必须承认和考虑到这些劳动。
研究结果表明，必须建立一个组织的社会和情感福利框架，以承认原住民从业者的具体需求，将文化参与作为一个关键的福利和创伤知情策略。
