{"id":8894,"date":"2021-12-17T16:11:05","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T06:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/?p=4400"},"modified":"2021-12-17T16:11:05","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T06:11:05","slug":"iw-mh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/newsletters\/mhb\/iw-mh","title":{"rendered":"Growing our Indigenous workforce in Mental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h4><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4250 alignright lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/01\/atsi-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/>As part of Metro North Health&#8217;s strategic vision MN32, Metro North Mental Health is committed to increasing the representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in our workforce.<\/h4>\n<p>Launched in 2020, the Metro North Indigenous Cadetship Program saw nine Indigenous cadets recruited to Mental Health&#8217;s Allied Health unit in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Tasmin Handsaker is a proud Kamilario woman from Tamworth and about to enter her second cadetship year in 2022 with us in the Northern Continuing Care Team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>I have been so lucky to be involved in a Social Work Indigenous Cadetship with the Southern Team of the Inner North Brisbane Mental Health Service and have learnt so much since I started in May,&#8221; Tasmin said.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The team has provided me with many opportunities to learn and use my skills with consumers, as well as attend multiple workshops to further my professional development.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am very passionate about improving mental health outcomes and working to Close the Gap for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples by providing culturally safe and competent services.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I look forward to beginning my Cadetship next year with the Inner North Brisbane Mental Health Service, Northern Team.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of Metro North Health&#8217;s strategic vision MN32, Metro North Mental Health is committed to increasing the representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in our workforce. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":4250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[171],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mhb"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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