Communities of Practice - Multicultural Health

Communities of Practice - Multicultural Health

By Brisbane South PHN

Date and time

Wed, 21 Feb 2018 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM AEST

Location

Springwood Hotel

Rochedale Road Springwood, QLD 4127 Australia

Description

Join our Multicultural Health Community of Practice (CoP) to learn with other like-minded practitioners, further develop your local referral networks, and participate in information sharing to improve the health of your Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) patients.


Target Audience: All primary health care professionals and other interested services.


Topics:
Engaging with diverse communities in preparing for the NDIS: AMPARO Advocacy will provide an overview of their service and their work providing NDIS information to CALD communities. AMPARO Advocacy defends, protects and promotes the rights and interests of vulnerable people from a non-English speaking background who have a disability.

Case study – navigating a complex refugee client (Centrelink, disability and trauma): Presented by Jatinder Kaur, Mental Health Accredited Social Worker, and Director of JK Diversity Consultants.

For more information about the Brisbane South PHN Communities of Practice please visit our website http://www.bsphn.org.au/primary-health-support/communities-of-practice-cop/


Times:

Registration: 6.00pm

Presentation: 6.30pm


For more information about this event please phone our Events Coordinator, Raquel McCready on 07 3864 7522 or email rmccready@bsphn.org.au

In registering for this Brisbane South PHN (BSPHN) education event, you agree to BSPHN collecting, creating or publishing images and media of you which may be used in BSPHN marketing and publications. If you do not agree to your image being utilised for this purpose, please advise BSPHN in writing via email at least 1 day prior to the event date.


Organised by

Brisbane South PHN is a not-for-profit organisation that supports primary health and directly commissions services to shape a health system that delivers better health outcomes for Brisbane south.

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