Cultural safety and culturally reflective practice for all communities

Australia is culturally and linguistically diverse, and culturally reflective practice, as the members of each culture understand it, matters for every community. Professional practice means the psychologist: (a) respects every person's culture, beliefs, gender identity, sexuality and experience; (b) acknowledges the social, economic, cultural, historical and behavioural influences on health and functioning for individuals, communities and populations; (c) respects diversity, avoids bias, unlawful discrimination and racism, and questions beliefs resting on assumptions about age, gender, sexuality, disability, race, ethnicity, religion or politics; (d) supports an inclusive setting in which the client and associated parties are safe and secure; and (e) models a positive, culturally reflective workplace and supports the rights, dignity and safety of clients, practitioners and colleagues.

• Intake forms capturing language, cultural, gender identity and accessibility needs, and how they were met
• Diversity and inclusion training in the CPD record
• Supervision or peer consultation notes on culturally reflective practice with specific client groups

• Assumptions about a client's culture or identity recorded as fact
• No mechanism for clients to say how culturally safe the service felt