Audit Tool 2

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Building an organisation that supports rainbow people starts with whanaungatanga.

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We have relationships with local rainbow community groups
We have a rainbow resource list, including contact details for local and online groups
We advertise our organisation's paid and volunteer roles in rainbow media
We use rainbow-inclusive language in job advertisements and job descriptions
We have a rainbow staff network or similar peer group for staff members
We provide paid time and resources for staff to work on rainbow-related projects
We have peer support diversity groups or Queer-Straight Alliances inside our organisation for rainbow people accessing our services
We have resources to support families and whānau from a range of cultural backgrounds to support their rainbow family members

So how did you do?
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Looks like you need a hand

But don't worry! We've got plenty of information to help you connect with rainbow communities, staff and service users, and work together to make your organisation more inclusive!
You've got room to grow

Luckily, we can help you connect with rainbow communities, staff and service users, and work together to make your organisation more inclusive! Here's some information to get you started.
Nice effort!

Sounds like you're doing a good job at connecting with rainbow organisations, staff and service users, but there's always room for improvement. Check out these links to see how you could do even better!
Great work!

You're doing a great job at connecting with rainbow communities, staff and service users! Check out these links to think about what you could work on next.
You're awesome!

Connecting with rainbow communities, staff and service users is the first step - and it sounds like you're great at it! Check out these links to think about what you could work on next.
Advice and resources about how to connect with rainbow communities, staff and service users:
Learn
RespectusTotal
Looks like you need a hand

But don't worry! We've got plenty of information to help you develop a culture of ongoing learning and professional development about how to support and include rainbow service users!
Plenty of room to grow

Luckily, we can help you to develop a culture of ongoing learning and professional development about how to support and include rainbow service users! Here's some information to get you started.
Nice effort!

You're doing a good job of integrating ongoing learning and professional development about how to support and include rainbow service users, but there's always room for improvement. Check out these links to see how you could do even better!
Great work!

Sounds like you're doing a great job at integrating ongoing learning and professional development about how to support and include rainbow service users! Check out these links to think about what you could work on next.
You're awesome!

Your organisation is doing some great work integrating ongoing learning and professional development about how to support and include rainbow service users! Check out these links to think about what you could work on next.
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Advice and resources about how to develop a culture of ongoing learning and professional development:
Welcome
WelcomeUsTotal
Looks like you would welcome a hand

But don't worry! We've got plenty of information to help you welcome rainbow service users and create inclusive spaces where everyone is treated respectfully!
Plenty of room to grow

Luckily, we can help you welcome rainbow service users and create inclusive spaces where everyone is treated respectfully! Here's some information to get you started.
Nice effort!

Sounds like you're doing a good job of welcoming rainbow service users and creating more inclusive environments, but there's always room for improvement. Check out these links to see how you could do even better!
Great work!

You're doing a great job of welcoming rainbow service users and creating more inclusive environments! Check out these links to think about what you could work on next.
You're awesome!

Your organisation is doing great work at welcoming rainbow service users and creating inclusive spaces where everyone is treated respectfully. Check out these links to think about what you could work on next.
Advice and resources about how to welcome rainbow service users and create inclusive spaces where everyone is treated respectfully:
Plan
CountUsTotal
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But don't worry! We've got plenty of information to help you with planning to improve how your organisation supports rainbow service users!
Plenty of room to grow

We can help you to make a plan to improve how your organisation supports rainbow service users! Here's some information to get you started.
Nice effort!

You're doing a good job at planning to improve how your organisation supports and includes rainbow service users! But there's always room for improvement. Check out these links to see how you could do even better!
Great work!

Sounds like you're re doing a great job of planning to improve how your organisation supports and includes rainbow service users! Check out these links to think about what you could work on next.
You're awesome!

Sounds like your organisation has a solid plan in place to continuously improve how you support and include rainbow service users. Check out these links to think about what you could work on next.
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We ask questions about best practice in working with rainbow people during job recruitment
We make sure all new staff have rainbow competency training within their first year
We work with experts in rainbow diversity to provide rainbow competency training to staff
Our training ensures that all staff feel confident and comfortable talking with rainbow people
Our training helps staff and volunteers recognise the impacts of homophobia, biphobia, interphobia and transphobia on rainbow people
Our training covers how to build inclusive, safe spaces, including ways to respond to bullying and build protective factors for rainbow people
We regularly review our rainbow training process and whether it is meeting the organisation's needs
We ensure staff and volunteers' rainbow training needs are reviewed regularly as part of their professional development
We keep up-to-date with information, research and resources related to the wellbeing of rainbow people to ensure best practice informs policy and practice
Our staff are encouraged and supported to raise issues related to their work with rainbow people in supervision to improve responses
We ensure everyone in management or supervisor roles has training and support to give appropriate guidance to staff working with rainbow people

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We display rainbow-friendly posters and rainbow community organisation pamphlets
We provide information to support coming out or transitioning, including kaupapa Māori and other culturally specific resources
Our website includes information about rainbow inclusion and positive, inclusive rainbow images and language
We celebrate/acknowledge rainbow events and special days
We have gender-neutral bathroom options for all staff and young people
We have gender-neutral uniform options or dress codes for all staff and service users
We use gender-inclusive language in spaces like waiting rooms or at reception desks
We work with rainbow people to design programmes and groups that will be inclusive and welcoming
Our groups and programmes are safe and inclusive of trans and nonbinary people
All of our staff feel comfortable asking inclusive and respectful questions about gender and sexuality when talking with service users
We explain why we ask questions about sexuality and gender and who will have access to this information
We ask all service users how they want information about gender and/or sexuality recorded, and respect their choices
Our intake forms and databases include open-box options for gender (not a tickbox or binary of male/female)
We affirm people’s identities by using their preferred names on all forms, and in databases, correspondence and conversations
Our intake forms and databases allow for sexuality to be recorded
Our intake forms ask questions that are gender neutral and inclusive when asking about relationships and sexual activity (if appropriate)

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We have a rainbow action plan that identifies what actions we will take to make our organisation safer and more inclusive for rainbow people
The rainbow action plan has been developed with rainbow staff and service users as appropriate
We have created mechanisms for evaluating our progress and updating our rainbow action plan based on what we’ve learned
We have rainbow representation on our governance and/or advisory group
Our organisation’s strategic plans and key documents reflect our commitment to rainbow people
We ask for rainbow staff and service users’ perspectives when planning, developing, and reviewing our work
We use anonymised data collected from our service to feed into strategic planning, policy, and programme responses to rainbow people
Our policies (e.g. discrimination, bullying, confidentiality policies) explicitly affirm and protect rainbow people and their whānau, as well as rainbow staff
We have recently reviewed our policies for their impact on rainbow people and staff, with input from rainbow service users and staff
We display complaint and discrimination policies in our public spaces
We review the progress of our organisation’s rainbow competence by regularly undertaking rainbow audits and other forms of evaluation
We survey staff to understand their attitudes and knowledge about rainbow issues
We ask for evaluations and feedback from all of our service users, and we include questions about whether they feel we are rainbow competent

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Welcome

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So how did you do?

Connect

Looks like you need a hand

You've got room to grow

Nice effort!

Great work!

You're awesome!

Learn

Looks like you need a hand

Plenty of room to grow

Nice effort!

Great work!

You're awesome!

Welcome

Looks like you would welcome a hand

Plenty of room to grow

Nice effort!

Great work!

You're awesome!

Plan

Looks like you need a hand

Plenty of room to grow

Nice effort!

Great work!

You're awesome!

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