Summary of five headline actions
Five headline actions
The aspiration of this plan is to set out a pathway for building the cultural understanding and literacy of all APS employees. Greater awareness is the foundation that will enable us to design inclusive processes, to enhance workplace relationships and cultural safety and improve communications, decision making, policy and service delivery.
Objectives
Headline Actions
Ensure a safe, fair, equitable and inclusive workplace that is free from racism, discrimination, bullying and harassment.
Whole of APS standards:
Introduce an APS Statement of Leadership to Support Cultural Diversity to ensure that the standard for culturally respectful and safe workplaces is upheld.
Understand and build on the diversity of the current workforce.
Cultural understanding:
Build an APS-wide Interagency CALD Champion Network and a curated collection of multi-media learning resources.
Enable people to make a full contribution and empower them to fulfil their potential.
Leadership and management:
Build APS leadership through embedding cultural capability training and sponsorship of CALD employees.
Create a level playing field and a fair go for all APS employees.
Recruitment and progression:
Modernise the APS recruitment and promotion processes to apply a rigorous understanding of merit.
Reflect the population we serve and throughout the APS to represent diversity cohorts fairly.
Representation:
Introduce a reportable benchmark of 24% for CALD representation in the SES.