This training has been designed to assist Victorian refuge staff to better support migrant and refugee women, particularly women on temporary visas. The morning session explores the principles of culturally responsive practice, cultural humility, unconscious bias, and intersectionality and how to apply these to practice. The afternoon session assists participants to understand visa types, immigration processes and support available to women on different visa types.
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Description
On completion of the training participants will have:
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Reflected on their own professional practice using culturally responsive principles, cultural humility and an intersectional approach.
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Discussed how cultural expectations, systemic barriers and discrimination may impact a migrant or refugee woman’s capacity to seek and sustain family violence service support.
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Discussed migration abuse and the impact of visa status on family violence for migrant and refugee women and their children, including exploring different visa types, their conditions, obligations, eligibility for services and support, and where to seek information on this.
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Explored referral pathways and support available for women on various temporary visa types.
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Applied the principles of culturally responsive practices when engaging with clients/families from migrant and refugee backgrounds experiencing multiple systemic barriers and discrimination.