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LGBTIQA+ Foundation training

Providing fundamental information for organisations embarking on their inclusive practice journey or wanting to refresh their existing knowledge.

Duration: 2 hours

About this module

Would you like to feel comfortable and confident in providing services to LGBTIQA+ people who use your service, as well as supporting your colleagues?

Our Foundation module will give you the essential skills and knowledge to feel comfortable and confident to embrace diversity and improve your service user experience.

This course draws on evidence-based statistics and research conducted by leading institutions including La Trobe University and UNSW, which can help your organisation provide more inclusive outcomes for staff and services users.

Whether you are just beginning your journey of LGBTIQA+ inclusion, are on the way and feel like you could benefit from more knowledge or you need a refresher, this is a great place to start.

Training outcomes

  • Understand and recognise diversity within human experience.
  • Explore evolving concepts of sex, gender and sexuality.
  • Gain confidence in the use of language and terminologies around LGBTIQA+ people and communities.
  • Identify and develop ways to enhance workplace inclusive practice and policy.
  • Understand how to apply this content within your organisation.

Topics covered

  • unpacking the LGBTIQA+ acronym
  • stigma & discrimination
  • language and terminologies
  • sex, gender & sexuality fundamentals
  • barriers to accessing services
  • inclusive work practices: a practical application.

 

Want to hold this training for your workplace? Enquire now.

 

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