Working with Young People from Refugee and Asylum Seeker Backgrounds

Despite people of refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds having disproportionate vulnerabilities for mental health difficulties and distress, and being subject to other social inequities, these groups access mental health care at lower rates to their non-refugee peers. This one-day workshop will support participants to reduce barriers to access, and increase awareness of potential enablers to providing responsive and equitable mental health care

At the completion of this workshop you will be able to:

• understand the significance of forced migration and settlement and gather relevant information for practice;

• understand more about risk and protective factors during settlement;

• identify barriers and enablers to accessing mental health and wellbeing care for this group;

• understand the role health literacy plays in crosscultural engagement and methods to foster a health literate environment;

• complete a cultural formulation Interview and practice using it during the workshop; and

• recognise the importance of trauma informed principles of practice and their application.