How we work together in our organisation
Diversity
- We acknowledge the history and culture of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and their relationship with their country
- We recognise and embrace diversity, cultural fitness and social justice and the importance of making our workplace harmonious
- We value and create opportunities to constructively contribute our ideas
- We collaborate with and learn from the different approaches and perspectives of others
- We share knowledge and skills to ensure we deliver the best services
- We are able to face challenges together.
Respect
- Our behaviour towards our clients and each other mirrors Relationships Australia South Australia’s values
- We are courteous, polite, and respectful in our interactions
- We value the uniqueness of others and how that informs our work
- We take responsibility to find out about the impact of our attitudes and behavior on others
- We recognise that what we do and how we behave impacts on others and make it a priority to find ways to ensure we do not have a negative impact on the workplace, others or our clients
- We are able to listen to other perspectives even when we strongly disagree.
Belonging
- We work together as one organisation. We work within teams, between teams, and across teams focusing on ensuring optimal outcomes for our clients
- We acknowledge and work within the boundaries and scope of our professional and work role
- We ensure our work contributes to the team and organisation’s goals and obligations
- We support each other and keep each other informed of our plans and actions
- We take responsibility for informing others about our work
- We are open and listen to the input, contributions and concerns of all our colleagues
- We work within teams, between teams and across teams, we are one big team.
Learning
- We promote Relationships Australia South Australia as a continuous learning organisation
- We approach our work with a positive ‘can do’ attitude
- We actively seek to comply with the organisational ‘Code of Conduct’ and regularly clarify our interpretation of its meaning
- We value creative innovation in our work and embrace the resulting changes to our work practices
- We are open, adaptive and collaborative so that the end result is not just solution focused but is also strengths based
- We recognise our own mistakes and the mistakes of others and we are able to turn these situations into learning opportunities
- We embrace challenges and seek feedback
- We recognise each individual’s contribution.
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