The bicultural program aims to increase opportunities for people from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds to lead the design and delivery of community-led projects. This is achieved through employment of bicultural workers, delivery of capacity building, networking and advocacy for community-led practice. Cohealth now hosts a network of over 200 highly skilled bi-cultural workers from across victoria. This role also seeks to increase sector capacity to employ bicultural workers and build culturally safe work places that are inclusive and facilitate self-determination. The program has developed a set of professional standards for bi-cultural work and delivers professional development training to support organisations across Australia to achieve these outcomes.For more information about the project please visit our website;https://www.cohealth.org.au/get-involved/bi-cultural-work-program/

SiKanda aspires to create a world in which different sectors of society, both national and international, cooperate to improve the quality of life of disadvantaged peoples through a process of mutual learning, responsibility, and justice while respecting the rights of all people to make their own decisions with regard to their lifestyles.As a Community Development Officer at Sikanda my key responsibilities included;Project development and capacity building for youth and adults in at risk communities specifically; trash pickers and youth in education settings.• Co-design project objectives and capacity building with target community groups• Generate project and evaluation plans.• Develop capacity building programs and training materials responding to identified need • Relationship management with project beneficiaries and key stakeholders.• Data collection and evaluation.• Risk assessment and management.