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.

• Our behavior towards our clients and each other mirrors RASA’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.

• 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.

• We promote RASA 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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