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Empowerment as a Framework for Indigenous Workforce Development and Organisational Change.
- Source :
- Australian Social Work; Dec2006, Vol. 59 Issue 4, p422-434, 13p, 1 Chart
- Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- Relative powerlessness resulting from colonial dispossession and associated passive welfare policies has long been recognised as a critical factor influencing the health and wellbeing of Indigenous Australians, yet it is hard to find well-evaluated health and social interventions that take an explicit empowerment approach. This paper presents the findings of a Family Wellbeing Empowerment programme pilot delivered to Cairns Region Department of Families Indigenous youth workers and family and community workers in 2003/2004. The aim of the pilot was to build the capacity of these workers to address personal and professional issues as a basis for providing better support for their clients. The pilot demonstrated the effectiveness of the programme as a tool for worker empowerment and, to a lesser degree, organisational change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SELF-efficacy
INDIGENOUS peoples
ORGANIZATIONAL change
SOCIAL workers
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0312407X
- Volume :
- 59
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Australian Social Work
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 23311483
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03124070600985996