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Petina Fry

Allied Health Workforce Development Officer - Identified

Metro South Health

Petina Fry is a proud Torres Strait Islander and Waanyi woman who works as an identified Allied Health Workforce Development Officer for Metro South Health. Petina has 13 years' experience as a clinical Physiotherapist with a Graduate Certificate in Health Services Management. Her role as an identified WDO involves strategically strengthening and supporting the First Nations workforce from established First Nations work entry pathways to the wider Allied Health First Nations workforce.

Sessions

Day 1

2.15

Yarning Circles

A: Deadly career pathways for allied health: Join Petina Fry as she unpacks the initiative at Metro South Health designed to strengthen cultural leadership among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander allied health staff and grow the First Nations workforce within culturally safe workplaces.


Petina Fry, Allied Health Workforce Development Officer - Identified, Metro South Health


B: Rainbow Mob Are My Mob: Best Practice Model of Rainbow Mob Inclusion in ACCOs

This best practice model was designed for ACCOs to increase Rainbow Mob inclusion in their organisations, meet their LGBTQIASB+ safety compliance requirements and align to the Rainbow Tick accreditation standards. Learn more about how the model was made and how it can be used in your organisation.


Natalie Bassett-Bokic, Senior Accreditation Officer (Inclusion & Diversity), Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO)

Dan Powell, LGBTIQ First Nations Senior Project Coordinator, Rainbow Health Australia, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health & Society


C: Strengthening Social and Emotional Wellbeing Through Culture, Connection and Community: Join this interactive yarning circle to explore how culture, connection, identity and community can support social and emotional wellbeing. Together we will share perspectives, reflect on practice, and discuss strengths-based approaches that can be applied within communities, organisations and everyday life.

Jarrod Wicks, Project Lead, Closing the Gap, Booroongen Djugun


D: Thirrili Yarn up: Postvention is prevention: Join Thirrili as they explore their culturally grounded model of care supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across the Country who have been impacted by loss and trauma. Learn how Thirrili provide emotional and practical support through Aboriginal ways of knowing, being and doing.

India Brown, Practice Coordinator, Thirrili

Daniel Howell, NSW Indigenous Community Support Worker, Thirrili

Day 2

1.55

Yarning Circles

A: Deadly career pathways for allied health: Join Petina Fry as she unpacks the initiative at Metro South Health designed to strengthen cultural leadership among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander allied health staff and grow the First Nations workforce.


Petina Fry, Allied Health Workforce Development Officer - Identified, Metro South Health


B: Rainbow Mob Are My Mob: Best Practice Model of Rainbow Mob Inclusion in ACCOs

This best practice model was designed for ACCOs to increase Rainbow Mob inclusion in their organisations, meet their LGBTQIASB+ safety compliance requirements and align to the Rainbow Tick accreditation standards. Learn more about how the model was made and how it can be used in your organisation.


Natalie Bassett-Bokic, Senior Accreditation Officer (Inclusion & Diversity), Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO)

Dan Powell, LGBTIQ First Nations Senior Project Coordinator, Rainbow Health Australia, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health & Society


C: Social and Emotional Wellbeing Through Culture, Connection and Community: Join this interactive yarning circle to explore how culture, connection, identity and community can support social and emotional wellbeing. Together we will share perspectives, reflect on practice, and discuss strengths-based approaches that can be applied within communities, organisations and everyday life.

Jarrod Wicks, Project Lead, Closing the Gap, Booroongen Djugun


D: Thirrili Yarn up: Postvention is prevention: Join Thirrili as they explore their culturally grounded model of care supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across the Country who have been impacted by loss and trauma. Learn how Thirrili provide emotional and practical support through Aboriginal ways of knowing, being and doing.

India Brown, Practice Coordinator, Thirrili

Daniel Howell, NSW Indigenous Community Support Worker, Thirrili

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