Background

There is a disproportionate representation of Aboriginal children in the Australian Out of Home Care system. An important strategy to ensure Aboriginal children experience trauma informed care that is culturally situated is to have access to Aboriginal practitioners. The experiences of Aboriginal practitioners working in Aboriginal Out of Home Care have not been explored thoroughly.

Participants and setting

This community led research was undertaken on Dharawal Country on the South Coast of the Illawarra region, Australia with an Out of Home Care program managed by an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation. The study included Aboriginal (n = 50) and non-Aboriginal (n = 3) participants connected through employment or community membership to the organisation.

Objective

We aimed to explore the wellbeing needs of Aboriginal practitioners working with Aboriginal children in Aboriginal Out of Home Care.

Methods

This co-designed qualitative research project used yarning sessions (individual and group), co-analysis with co-researchers, document analysis and reflexive writing.

Findings

Aboriginal practitioners are required to bring their cultural expertise to their work and with this, there is an expectation of cultural leadership and the fulfilling of cultural responsibilities. These elements bring with them emotional labour that must be acknowledged and accounted for in working in the Out of Home Care sector.

Conclusion

The findings point to the importance of establishing an organisational social and emotional wellbeing framework in recognition of Aboriginal practitioner's specific needs, centring cultural participation as a key wellbeing and trauma informed strategy.

中文翻译：

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家庭外护理中原住民员工的社交和情感健康需求：行走在两个世界

背景

在澳大利亚的家庭外护理系统中，土著儿童的比例过高。确保土著儿童体验符合文化背景的创伤知情护理的一项重要策略是接触土著医生。在原住民户外护理中工作的原住民从业者的经验尚未得到彻底探索。

参与者和设置

这项社区主导的研究是在澳大利亚伊拉瓦拉地区南海岸的达拉瓦尔县进行的，由土著社区控制组织管理的户外护理计划。该研究包括通过就业或社区成员身份与该组织建立联系的原住民 (n = 50) 和非原住民 (n = 3) 参与者。

客观的

我们旨在探索在土著户外护理中与土著儿童一起工作的土著从业者的福利需求。

方法

这个共同设计的定性研究项目使用了讨论会议（个人和小组）、与共同研究人员的共同分析、文件分析和反思性写作。

发现

原住民从业者需要将他们的文化专业知识带到他们的工作中，因此，人们期望文化领导和履行文化责任。这些因素带来了在户外护理部门工作时必须承认和考虑的情绪劳动。

结论

调查结果指出了建立组织社会和情感健康框架的重要性，以承认土著从业者的特定需求，将文化参与作为关键的健康和创伤知情策略。