Sentences with phrase «indigenous family consultant»

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An Indigenous adviser may be appointed when you see a family consultant, a registrar or a judicial officer.

In discussion of this proposal it was widely suggested that Indigenous matters should be managed by a specialised team of court staff in each registry comprising judges / magistrates, registrars, family consultants and client service officers who have the skills, knowledge, training and commitment to working with Indigenous families.

According to the current proposal such reports would be routinely allocated to family consultants who have had training in working with Indigenous families and in the assessment of Indigenous cultural issues.

Monitor and continually improve the registry - based team approach to managing and determining Indigenous cases using judges, registrars, family consultants and client service officers who through ongoing professional development are encouraged and supported in developing expertise in working with Indigenous families.

An Indigenous adviser may be appointed when the parties see a family consultant, a registrar or a judicial officer.

To have at least one Family Consultant in each region undertake specialist training relating to cultural competence, and encourage those clinicians to develop and maintain linkages with local Indigenous communities.

To ensure that the assessment and report writing recommendations outlined in the Indigenous Cultural Competence Training (delivered to Family Consultants by Stephen Ralph) are incorporated into the governing Professional Directions document.

Recent reports, including those by the Family Law Council and indigenous consultant Stephen Ralph, suggest that family law system services are under - utilised by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families for a number of reasons inclFamily Law Council and indigenous consultant Stephen Ralph, suggest that family law system services are under - utilised by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families for a number of reasons inclfamily law system services are under - utilised by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families for a number of reasons including:

Selection of Family Consultants to attend cultural competence training who will prepare Family reports and develop relationships with local Indigenous Communities and elders.

The expectation attached to this would be that registrars and family consultants would update Casetrack files on having determined Indigenous status.

However, as noted above in relation to judicial education, it is likely to be more effective and more affordable to nominate and target a limited number of family consultants in each registry and to ensure that after the completion of training family reports involving Indigenous matters are routinely allocated to these individuals.

It is recommended that a limited number of family consultants be nominated in each registry to undertake Indigenous cultural competency training with the expectation that these consultants will be routinely allocated Indigenous cases in the future.

One means of addressing this skill / knowledge deficit is to provide training to all family consultants (both court - based and external) on working with Indigenous families and the assessment of Indigenous cultural issues.

As also noted above it would be preferable for these family consultants to work with other trained staff - including judicial officers and client service officers - as part of a coordinated registry - based team approach to working with Indigenous families.

It is recommended that the courts adopt a coordinated, registry - based team approach to managing and determining Indigenous cases using judges, magistrates, registrars, family consultants and client service officers who through ongoing professional development are encouraged and supported in developing expertise in working with Indigenous families

At the moment there appears to be little consideration given in the allocation of family reports to having reports prepared by family consultants who have demonstrable expertise in working with Indigenous families when such reports are required.

Ensure that a select group of Family Consultants continue to undertake Indigenous cultural competency training with the expectation that these consultants will be routinely allocated Indigenous cases in Consultants continue to undertake Indigenous cultural competency training with the expectation that these consultants will be routinely allocated Indigenous cases in consultants will be routinely allocated Indigenous cases in the future.