Make a real difference for your older clients, by growing affirmative practices and embedding lasting change in your organisation.
The aim of Silver Rainbow training is to build the capacity of aged care services to adopt practices that create an inclusive and welcoming environment for all LGBTI (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex) older people.
Twenty10 will support an ongoing relationship with you to help you make genuine policy and culture changes within your organisation after the initial training.
Silver Rainbow training will assist participants to:
- Understand concepts of gender, sexual orientation, bodily diversity, and relationships.
- Practice language that is inclusive of LGBTI communities.
- Identify impacts of discrimination on LGBTI older people.
- Identify impacts of negative values and experiences of LGBTI older people.
- Develop strategies and actions for inclusive practice in aged care settings.
- Demonstrate effective and respectful communication with older LGBTI people regarding their specific needs.
In follow-up conversation, organisations will:
- Audit their organisation to identify inclusion gaps.
- Adopt and/or edit policies to be LGBTI-inclusive.
- Be committed to ongoing culture change and training within the organisation.
Who is Silver Rainbow training for?
The audience for the training is any worker providing support or care to older people accessing aged care funded services. Settings may include residential aged care, independent living support, community care, home care, and respite.
Whilst the training is predominantly for aged care workers in direct care roles, the training may be adapted for workers in other roles such as allied health, administration, support staff and volunteers (e.g., Community Visitor Scheme). The training may also be used as an introduction to LGBTI inclusion for management and leadership teams.
Full Day Face-to-Face
In a 4.5-hour training (including breaks), we cover the following topics, delivered in an interactive, workshop-based style:
- Develop understanding of the lived experience of LGBTI older people.
- Increase knowledge of sector requirements for providing inclusive care.
- Increase understanding in providing inclusive environments for LGBTI older people accessing community and residential aged care services.
- Introduce principles of trauma-informed care and application to supporting LGBTI older people.
- Increase skills in communicating effectively and respectfully with LGBTI older people.
Silver Rainbow Online
In a 2-hour online training, we condense the following topics, delivered in a presentation style:
- Develop understanding of the lived experience of LGBTI older people.
- Increase knowledge of sector requirements for providing inclusive care.
- Increase understanding in providing inclusive environments for LGBTI older people accessing community and residential aged care services.
Booking Fees
Silver Rainbow is FREE training, delivered at no cost to your organisation.
Want to organise on-site training for your workplace? You can invite our trainers to deliver on-site training at your organisation. We request a minimum of 18 trainees for these on-site trainings.
If you cannot meet the minimum of 18 trainees, we encourage you to engage in our online training. However contact us if you have specific needs.
Other Training
Looking for inclusivity training for organisations or schools? Check out our Prism LGBTIQA+ Inclusivity Training for organisastions and schools.
Looking for inclusivity training for Aged Care? Check out our Silver Rainbow training.
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