Cultural safety is not a box to tick. It is the ongoing work of understanding whose experience has been centred in a space - and who has had to adapt, shrink, or hide parts of themselves to belong. Every Story Counts is a reflective, evidence-based program that explores what it means to create a genuinely culturally safe workplace for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees and communities. It moves beyond awareness into something more useful - a practical understanding of what cultural safety requires, what gets in the way of it, and what every person in a workplace can do differently.
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Intermediate
Difficulty level
4
Modules
16
Lessons
15 min
Per module
Self-paced digital learning
Format
In the meantime
Course overview
Concrete skills and frameworks you'll walk away with — designed for everyday application, not abstract theory.
What the Social and Emotional Wellbeing framework is and why it matters for how workplaces design support
The difference between cultural awareness, competence, and safety - and why most workplaces stop at the first two
What cultural load is and what it costs the people who carry it
How to apply the 4D bystander model in culturally unsafe workplace situations
How to build a Cultural Safety Action Plan aligned to the National Agreement on Closing the Gap
Curriculum
Most Western approaches to wellbeing focus on the individual. The Social and Emotional Wellbeing framework starts from a fundamentally different place. This module introduces that framework and invites learners to understand why it matters for how workplaces think about health and support.
Results
Measurable outcomes you can expect from completing this course with consistent practice.
Explain the Social and Emotional Wellbeing framework and how it differs from the Western biomedical model
Distinguish cultural safety from cultural awareness and cultural competence
Identify the concept of cultural load and its workplace impact
Recognise practices that create cultural safety barriers and their psychological effects
Apply the 4D bystander framework in culturally unsafe situations
Develop a Cultural Safety Action Plan aligned to the National Agreement on Closing the Gap
Takeaways
The practical skills you'll walk away with — backed by the evidence-based frameworks they're grounded in.
Skills you'll build
7Evidence-based frameworks
6Social proof
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Disclaimer: This program has been developed drawing on endorsed frameworks from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research organisations including the Lowitja Institute and AIATSIS. It is designed for education and workplace awareness. It does not claim to speak for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities, whose cultures, languages, and experiences are diverse. Organisations operating in this space are encouraged to seek local First Nations guidance in addition to completing this program.