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Acknowledgement to CountryWangal clan of the Darug tribe
Prepared by:Tracey Brown, Manager Youthblock Youth Health Services,
Suwana Combo, Youthblock Aboriginal Health Education Officer
Sydney Local Health District
April 2015
Family Tribes
A program for young Aboriginal carers
Overview
� Background to the project
� The program delivered
� The resource card
� The outcomes for the young Aboriginal carers
� Lessons learnt
� Where to now….
Background
� Increased presentation of young Aboriginal carers to Youthblock
� Consulted with 4 young Aboriginal carers – still clients
� Program to be run in the Redfern area – Redfern Community Centre
� Aim of the program was to increase cultural connectedness/ support
and education and improve young carers health outcomes
� Food provided each workshop and transport provided
� Post program education course
� Development of the resource card
� Resources given – journals for evaluation/stationary/first aid
kits/Yhunger cook books/ Qi Gong DVD
yhunger Cooking Books
yhunger
yhunger
QiGong – Chinese yoga
The program
� Week one: Orientation - Aunty Beryl – well respected local
Aboriginal women within the Redfern/Waterloo Community
� Week two: Carers health and yarning circle – stress and
mindfulness – WEAVE and Redfern Community Centre
� Week three: Living skills and local services
Nutrition/budgeting/employment and driving – WEAVE,
Driving exchange
� Week four: Young Carers Health and Wellbeing – Linda
Burney ,Youthblock nurse, Elena Cortez (QiGong)
The Program cont.
� Week five: Employment/education and post program
course -Aboriginal Employment Strategy, Mundine group
� Week six: Outing to the Australian Museum – Derek Walker
– Aboriginal Curator, Youthblock social worker – reflection
exercise
� Week seven: Aboriginal art and dance workshop – Brendan
Kerin
� Week eight: Healthy relationships – workshop by
Youthblock Health promotion Officer
Program cont.
� Week nine: Art workshop to develop the resource card –
NSW Young Carers
� Week ten: final wrap up, deciding on post program courses
� Courses booked for April 2015
� Final session – to be held post courses in June 2015
Brendan Kerin Reegan Carr
Aboriginal artist, musician, Young Aboriginal
storyteller and dancer carer
Outcomes – courses completed
� Courses – 3 x Barista Master basics – level 1 and 2
2 x RSA/RCG package
1 x First Aid and CPR course
� Employment 1 Administration officer with an OOHC
service, part time casual.
1 Administration officer for Aboriginal Education
Consultative Group Inc
� Education – 1 x certificate 4 traineeship in marketing with the City of
Sydney through Aboriginal Employment Strategy
1 assisted to return to high school to complete year 11
and 12
Aboriginal Young carers resource card
Lessons learnt
� 10-12 weeks was to long – clients are time poor
� Trying to cook a meal together was impossible as time would run out
� Eating together at the table whilst the group was running was a great
way to engage the young carers, this also was a way of keeping
them at the workshop. We noticed that if we did break for lunch some
would leave.
� Transporting the young carers was important
� The carer’s did not want us to read their reflective journal
� Most were not aware of their local support services
Lessons Learnt� Due to most of young carer’s being placed into work or study and
their other personal commitments we were unable to hold a
graduation
� Having multiple guest speakers helped keep the young people
engaged and also inspired
� Try to keep all groups in the one spot as the young people were not
really interested in going on a field trip
� Bringing the cultural experience to the group was more acceptable
for the carers than going to the museum
� Designing of the resource card should take place from the start and
possibly setting 30 minutes aside per workshop would allow for more
input into the resource from carers
Where to now….
� Youthblock are moving to new premises in Redfern July
2015 and the new modified program will be run from here
� The Family Tribes project has been refunded for 2015/2016
� The program has been adjusted and redesigned according
to evaluations
� The program will now run for 4-6 weeks maximum based
on evaluations regarding timeframes
� The program will be run twice over the year
� The program will continue to be evaluated
References
(1) Australia Bureau of Statistics, Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers, Australia: summary of findings. Cat, no. 44330.0, 2009, Author: Canberra
(2) Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and Australian Bureau of Statistics, The Health and welfare of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 2008, 2008, Author: Canberra.
(3) Cass, B., Smyth, C., Hill, T., Blaxland, M. and Hamilton, M. (2009), ‘Young Carers in Australia: Understanding the Advantages and Disadvantages of Their Care Giving’, Social Policy Research Paper no. 38, Canberra: Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.
(4) Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2006 Census Community Profile Series: Indigenous Profile, cat. No. 2002.0, 2007, Author: Canberra
(5) Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2011 Census of Population and Housing: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (Indigenous) Profile, cat. No. 2002.0, 2011, Author: Canberra
Contacts
Youthblock
Level 1, 97 Church St
Camperdown 2050
Ph: 9516-2233