For Individuals
The Lowitja Institute Cultural Safety Audit Tool for Individuals assesses an individual’s level of development in understanding critical elements of cultural safety and working towards creating culturally safe experiences for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. These critical elements fall into three themes: racism, historical and socio-cultural context and being an ally.
It is designed for both non-Indigenous and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people working in a broad range of organisations, including but not limited to health, higher education, research, human services or policy contexts.
The Cultural Safety Audit Tool for Individuals can be undertaken as a one-off activity or on a regular and repeated basis, such as every six or twelve months, to track an individual’s progress with their cultural safety journey.
For Organisations
The Lowitja Institute Cultural Safety Audit Tool for Organisations assesses the commitment to and level of development in embedding cultural safety across an organisation according to specific focus areas.
It is designed for a broad range of organisations, including but not limited to health, higher education, research, human services or policy contexts. It is relevant for both non-Indigenous and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations.
Up to eight focus areas are relevant for health, research, education, human services or policy contexts: leadership, governance, engagement, workforce, workforce development, policy, performance management and environment. For higher education contexts, there are two further focus areas to consider: curriculum and student recruitment and retention.
The tool for Organisations is intended to be used on a regular and repeated basis over the life of an organisational cultural safety initiative, such as every six or twelve months, to set a baseline then determine progress with implementing strategies and achieving objectives and goals.
The assessment process
A digital rubric enables you to complete your audit online, then access graphs which represent your outcomes for the different element areas. The results will include an overall average score and a score per element area. The graphs will show your progress over time.
Once you have purchased the Tool, you will receive a hard copy of the guide book delivered to your shipping address. This hard copy contains important guidance for completing the cultural safety audit, including good practice examples and the questions to be answered. The digital component of the Tool should not be completed without the guidance provided in the hard copy. Upon purchase, you will have access to the tool for 4 years.
It is important to note that once you have submitted your answers in the digital rubric you will not have access to them again until it is time to re-take the audit. If you choose the 6-month interval product you will receive an email notification 6 months after submitting your answers advising the rubric has reopened. If you choose the 12-month product, you receive notification 12 months after submitting your answers.
Already bought the tool?
Login at the top of this page using the email address and password you selected during registration. The registration link was sent to you via email after purchase.
If you have any difficulty accessing the online tool, or you haven’t received your physical hard copy in the post, please contact learning@lowitja.org.au.