BCHS Quality of care 2024 digital - Flipbook - Page 11
BCHS Reflects: Voice, treaty, truth
Actions speak louder than words
and after it was announced that
BCHS had developed a Reflect
Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP),
it launched in March 2024.
JULY 2023 – DECEMBER 2024
Reconciliation
Action Plan
BCHS’ vision for reconciliation is for a society where recognition and
respect characterise our interactions with First Nations peoples. The four
cornerstones of our Reflect RAP are:
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Relationships: Understanding, building, strengthening and promoting
reconciliation and mutually beneficial relationships with Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander stakeholders and organisations.
•
Respect: Understanding and valuing cultural protocols, and building and
demonstrating respect for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander rights
and histories.
•
Opportunities: Improving employment outcomes (recruitment,
retention, professional development and cultural leave) and supplier
diversity to support improved economic and social outcomes.
•
Governance: Establishing and maintaining a working group to support
implementation of RAP commitments and provide accountability and
transparency through reporting of achievements, challenges and
learnings, both internally and externally.
Development of our next RAP began in August 2024.
Distributing
information on areas of
public policy affecting
Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander peoples.
Facilitating senior
staff and RWG
members to join First
Nations community
groups and the NAIDOC
Week committee.
Enabling staff to
take part in regional
Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander
organisations’ cultural
safety training.
Revising the BCHS
Acknowledgement
of Country
statement to reflect
contemporary
developments.
Internal
activities and
initiatives
Recent activities to promote
cultural awareness and
acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander peoples within our
organisation include:
Highlighting relevant
Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander
community events in
the region.
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Supporting
initiatives which
build cultural
awareness across
our organisation.
Encouraging staff to
take part in National
Reconciliation Week
activities.
