In this activity, parents are taught how to keep their children healthy and safe. This includes providing information and teaching skills about:
It also includes supporting parents to:
Education on child health and safety can be provided in a number of different ways. The content taught should be tailored to the age of children. Parents of toddlers will need to learn and practice different strategies to parents of older children.
You should use your professional judgement to determine what is most appropriate for your client/s.
See the Cultural Safety and Wellbeing Evidence Review for more information.
This flexible activity has been implemented with a number of different target groups. Key characteristics include:
20 Feb 2023
We acknowledge Aboriginal people as the First Nations Peoples of NSW and pay our respects to Elders past, present, and future.
Informed by lessons of the past, Department of Communities and Justice is improving how we work with Aboriginal people and communities. We listen and learn from the knowledge, strength and resilience of Stolen Generations Survivors, Aboriginal Elders and Aboriginal communities.
You can access our apology to the Stolen Generations.