Nunkuwarrin Yunti of South Australia Inc. provides workforce development and training programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and social services workers. It operates a Registered Training Organisation and Workforce Development & Support Unit. The training programs were established in response to the 1997 Bringing Them Home report and focus on social and emotional wellbeing, family history research, primary health care, and narrative approaches. Nunkuwarrin Yunti offers certificate and diploma qualifications as well as short courses, and its training approach emphasizes culturally safe and community-driven learning.

1. Nunkuwarrin Yunti of South
Australia Inc.
People Development Unit
Registered Training Organisation
Workforce Development & Support Unit
RTO Provider Number
40103
Nunkuwarrin Yunti of South Australia Inc.
People Development Unit
80 South Terrace, Adelaide
Tel: (08) 8168 8300
Fax: (08) 8212 6777
Email: pduadmin@nunku.org.au

2. Social & Emotional Regional Centres were
established in response to the 1997 Bringing Them
Home Report recommendations:
• 33a-c (Indigenous well-being model),
• 34a-b (Health professional training), and
• 35 (Mental health worker training)
Nunkuwarrin Yunti
PDU History

3. In 2007, the evaluation of BTH, Indigenous Mental
Health and SEWB Regional Centre programs found
the programs operated in a culturally appropriate
manner and that clients were satisfied with
services, however limitations were identified in:
• Variation in workers’ skills and qualifications
• High levels of burnout & staff turnover
• Poor access to training and professional
development & support
Nunkuwarrin Yunti
PDU History

4. Nunkuwarrin Yunti’s People Development
Unit (PDU) evolved from the SEWB
Regional Centre.
The PDU consists of a Registered Training
Organisation (RTO) and Workforce
Development & Support Unit (WDSU)
Nunkuwarrin Yunti
PDU History

5. The PDU Team
Lance Reilly Nick Leidig
Daniel Fejo Aunty Jane Nelson Toni Arundel
Rohan Carmody
Sharon Halls
Bec Edser

6. Workforce Development & Support Unit
(WDSU)
Rohan Carmody
WDSU Project Officers
Toni Arundel Bec Edser

7. The National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA)
provides funding for WDSUs to monitor and
coordinate training, professional development
and support for the NIAA funded Social &
Emotional Wellbeing workforce including:
• BTH/SEWB Counsellors & Caseworkers
• Link-Up Counsellors & Caseworkers
• Mental Health and Alcohol & Other Drug
Workers
Workforce Development & Support Unit
(WDSU)

8. State Network Meetings

9. Nunkuwarrin Yunti
Registered Training Organisation
(RTO)
RTO Provider Number
40103
• Celebrate local knowledge and cultural
diversity
• Share knowledge
• Culturally safe learning environment

10. Registered Training Organisation
(RTO)
Nick Leidig
Trainers & Assessors
Aunty Jane Nelson Daniel FejoToni Arundel

11. • Child Safe Environments
• Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Suicide
Intervention
• Responding to Domestic & Family Violence
• Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Mental Health
First Aid
Short courses offered at Nunkuwarrin Yunti

12. This course was developed in 2016 by the Healing Foundation
in partnership with Gallang Place and a Knowledge Circle of
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders & experts.
It consists of 5 units of competency:
• CHCDIV002 Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait
Islander cultural safety
• CHCCCS019 Recognise and respond to crisis situations
• HLTAHW050 Develop a healing framework for social and
emotional wellbeing work
• CHCMHS007 Work effectively in trauma informed care
• HLTAHW078 Work within a narrative approach
Narrative Approaches to Healing from Trauma

13. Course Coordinator: Toni Arundel
10814NAT Certificate IV in Stolen Generations Family
Research & Case Management

14. The course consists of 4 weeks of training (4 x 1 week blocks)
across 3 pillars:
• Social and Emotional Well-being
• Family History Research
• Project/Case Management
10814NAT Certificate IV in Stolen Generations Family
Research & Case Management

15. Course Coordinator: Aunty Jane Nelson
HLT40113 Certificate IV in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Primary Health Care course came from Recommendation 35 of the
Bringing Them Home report, which states:
That all State and Territory Governments institute Indigenous
mental health worker training through Indigenous-run programs
to ensure cultural and social appropriateness.
HLT40113 Certificate IV in Aboriginal and/or Torres
Strait Islander Primary Health Care

16. Course Coordinator: Daniel Fejo
10772NAT Diploma of Narrative Approaches for Aboriginal People
(Counselling, Group and Community Work) also comes from
Recommendation 35 of the Bringing Them Home report.
It identified Narrative Therapy as a culturally-appropriate healing
model.
10772NAT Diploma of Narrative Approaches for Aboriginal
People (Counselling, Group and Community Work)

17. The Narrative approach is founded on the following
principles:
 Not being the expert on the ways and the meanings that
are held by a community or group.
 Consulting and checking out with community members
rather than coming in with a pre-determined plan or
agenda.
 The role of the group or community worker is to bring
forward the knowledge and skills for living of the group
or community.
Narrative Therapy

18. In the Diploma, we explore the following key ideas to help
us understand the Narrative Therapy worldview:
1.Stories shape our lives and our identity.
2.Narrative as the way we make sense of things.
3.We are all multi-storied.
Narrative Therapy

19. Can each table:
Name a HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEM
affecting your community?
How does your organisation treat this
problem?
GROUP ACTIVITY

20. Now describe the:
Past
Present
and future
of that problem?
GROUP ACTIVITY cont…

21. The danger of a single story

22. We are Multi-Storied

23. On Friday 15th of November, Nunkuwarrin Yunti will celebrate the
achievements of the students who have completed their studies over
the past 12 months.
Graduates include:
• 21 students from the HLT40113 Cert IV ATSIPHC
• 7 students from the 10814NAT Cert IV SGFRCM
• 9 students from the 10772NAT Dip NAAP
• 6 students from the Narrative Approaches to Healing from
Trauma
Short courses are acknowledged:
• ATSI Mental Health First Aid
Celebration of Learning

24. Celebration of Learning 2018 Video
Celebration of Learning