Description
The Cultural Safety Audit Tool for Organisations is designed to assess an organisation’s commitment to a level of development in embedding cultural safety. This is done through the organisation completing a digital rubric with between one and four elements for each focal area, where a company must honestly assess the organisation on a scale between one and five.
The focal areas include Leadership, Governance, Engagement, Environment, Workforce, Workforce Development, Policy, and Performance Management, which are essential for a culturally safe environment.
The tool was designed for both non-Indigenous and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations in a range of fields including but not limited to health, higher education, human services, research and policy. It is best used regularly to track the organisation’s progression and development in generating a culturally safe environment, such as every 6 or 12 months. Once purchased, the tool is available for four years.
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.