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First Peoples' Strategy

Our First Peoples' Strategy takes us beyond the Reconciliation Action Plans (RAP) that have guided us to date, and leads us towards bolder, more impactful action. It challenges us to find new ways to privilege and amplify First Peoples’ voices as we move towards genuine reconciliation and justice.

We respect the diver­si­ty and vibran­cy of Abo­rig­i­nal and Tor­res Strait Islander cul­tures and lis­ten to world­views from across the coun­try. We recog­nise that First Peo­ples’ tra­di­tions and knowl­edge sys­tems are sources of strength, wis­dom and guid­ance. We reflect First Peo­ples’ cul­tures in our work­place and in our work practices. 

This plan is a strate­gic roadmap that defines our future vision and how we will get there. It guides us in an organ­ised, flex­i­ble and aligned man­ner for the deliv­ery of our man­date. The vision and val­ues will hold our organ­i­sa­tion account­able in ensur­ing it effi­cient­ly and effec­tive­ly sup­ports First Peo­ples on their path to self-deter­mi­na­tion. We look for­ward to con­tin­u­ing our jour­ney together.

CRANA First Peoples Strategy FINAL

The five pil­lars of our First Peo­ples’ Strat­e­gy 2021 – 2025

Lift our voice to advo­cate for remote and iso­lat­ed health.

  • Engage with peak bod­ies and key stake­hold­ers on iden­ti­fied health issues.
  • Devel­op and main­tain mutu­al­ly ben­e­fi­cial rela­tion­ships with Abo­rig­i­nal and Tor­res Strait Islander peo­ples, com­mu­ni­ties, and organ­i­sa­tions to sup­port pos­i­tive outcomes.
  • Con­tribute to the Pro­fes­sion­al Learn­ing ses­sions (webi­na­rs).

Through a strengths-based approach con­tribute to improv­ing the health and well-being of Abo­rig­i­nal and Tor­res Strait Islander peo­ple who live in rur­al and remote Australia.

  • Increase engage­ment and advance­ment across cul­tur­al knowl­edge, cul­tur­al safe­ty and recognition.
  • Estab­lish rela­tion­ships with Abo­rig­i­nal and Tor­res Strait Islander organ­i­sa­tions to access resources that enable the deliv­ery of CRANAplus services.
  • Devel­op a tal­ent pool of Abo­rig­i­nal and Tor­res Strait Islander Facil­i­ta­tors for deliv­ery of rel­e­vant edu­ca­tion courses.

Respond to health impacts from social deter­mi­nants and a chang­ing climate.

  • Engage in research col­lab­o­ra­tions and projects.
  • Devel­op lead­er­ship to build cul­tur­al respect, reduc­ing dis­crim­i­na­tion and racism. 
  • Increase mean­ing­ful rep­re­sen­ta­tion of First Peo­ples’ pres­ence in our work­place to stay well-informed with cur­rent issues.
  • Val­ue and sup­port Abo­rig­i­nal and Tor­res Strait Islander peo­ples’ capac­i­ty to co-design and deliv­er evi­dence-based pro­grams and ser­vices with their communities.

Increase our com­pet­i­tive­ness and strength­en our resources.

  • Be an organ­i­sa­tion of choice for staff and vol­un­teers and sup­port a pro­fes­sion­al, flex­i­ble and mobile workforce.
  • Review our ser­vices and applic­a­bil­i­ty to First Peo­ples’ requirements.
  • Pro­mote CRANAplus to attract and retain more client business.

Grow, devel­op and up-skill the workforce.

  • Devel­op a proac­tive approach to iden­ti­fy­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties for First Peoples.
  • Devel­op a Com­mu­ni­ty of Prac­tice forum for First Peo­ples members.
  • Pro­mote and lever­age CRANAplus’ com­pet­i­tive edge in remote health train­ing and pro­vide advice on CRANAplus pro­mo­tion­al and edu­ca­tion­al mate­r­i­al relat­ing to First Peoples.
  • Build cul­tur­al safe­ty capa­bil­i­ties and prac­tices through learn­ing pro­grams to cul­ti­vate under­stand­ing and respect for Abo­rig­i­nal and Tor­res Strait Islander cultures.

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