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VISIONS FOR KIJA-JARU COUNTRY. Halls Creek – East Kimberley – Western Australia. Deidre Ikin Community Drug Service Worker June 2002. What it’s about…. Ways of working A story about this work Some ways to use it yourself. What the boss said….
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VISIONS FOR KIJA-JARU COUNTRY Halls Creek – East Kimberley – Western Australia Deidre Ikin Community Drug Service Worker June 2002
What it’s about…. • Ways of working • A story about this work • Some ways to use it yourself
What the boss said…. • Fly in to Halls Creek for two or three days a month • Work with local workers who see people with drug and alcohol problems
What I thought… I NEED A PLAN
PLAN FOR WORKING • COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT • APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY 4 D’s
DISCOVERY Find something really good……
DREAM DREAM WHAT MIGHT BE
DESIGN • Decide what should be • Find ways to work together to do it
DELIVERY OR DESTINY Create it by doing it Empower, learn, adjust
Takes us away from what is wrong to what we might be able to do
The mob…. Halls Creek District High School – School Drug Education Project Team Halls Creek Shire Halls Creek Police Kimberley TAFE – Halls Creek Kimberley Language and Resource Centre Jungarni–Jutiya Alcohol Education Centre Halls Creek Hospital Halls Creek Supermarket Halls Creek Youth Service Kimberley Community Drug Service Team
More of the mob… Yura Yungi Aboriginal Medical Service North West Mental Health Service Department of Justice – Halls Creek Department of Indigenous Affairs – Halls Creek Warlawurra Catholic School Halls Creek Multi-purpose Centre Kimberley Public Health Unit Halls Creek Community Health Service and many other community members and workers
Thank you to the people of Halls Creek for welcoming me to your country. Tiny McCale My Country