AMCS Multicultural Advisory Services

One-to-one or focus-group consultations, and/or training workshops.

• Help CALD organisations/community leaders etc. to identify barriers to community engagement.
• Support organisations to identify their target audience, relevant CALD organisations/community groups, networks and links.
• Support to create unique approaches to engagement, both in terms of channels and format.

Deliver one-to-one or focus-group consultations, and/or training workshops.

• Tailored support to the target organisations to outline relevant CALD community groups and their leadership structures;
• Advice on priority needs of interest to target organisation;
• Advice on current issues and challenges for CALD communities of interest to target organisation;

Provide CALD community leaders, government organisations and service providers one-to-one and focus-group consultations, and training workshops.

• Identifying culturally appropriate communication strategies;
• Support links to appropriate accredited interpreters and translators;
• Strategies to support respectful communication (i.e. who should be the main communicator, how to create trusted messengers);

• Consult with the community groups/clients to document current service and information needs
• Develop co-design processes/workshops for designing of effective service responses
• Identify strategies to codesign effective service responses arising from the workshops

Provide CALD individual/community and service providers one-to-one or focus-group consultations, and /or training workshops.

• Assess training needs/gaps for the target organisation and staff
• Support to understand barriers for participants with culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds.
• Cultural Competency and Cultural Safety training for appropriate staff/volunteers
• Advice on raising the profile of the target organisation’s service through tailored promotional approaches.

• What is leadership?
• What is available for free or at low cost for community organisations?
• How to apply for funding?
• How to establish government funded support services for your community?
• How to write submission?
• How to promote your activities?
• How to incorporate and manage a not-for-profit association?
• Public Speaking – elective
• Effective communication with government representatives – elective
• Government structures and processes – elective