Aboriginal Access Program

The Aboriginal Access Program at Kingsford Legal Centre aims to assist KLC to continue to improve their service delivery to the local Aboriginal community in the Botany and Randwick local government areas. In order to do this work in a culturally appropriate manner, the role of the Aboriginal Access Workers is to build a good working relationship with the local Aboriginal community, work with and to support other Aboriginal community groups for action to ensure that Aboriginal and communities have equal and fair access to KLC and other related legal justice services. The Aboriginal Access Program has established an Advisory Group which meets several times a year to advise and guide the work of the Aboriginal Access Worker. The group consists of members of the Aboriginal community whom have an interest in seeking social justice for Aboriginal people and their communities. KLC’s Aboriginal Access Program provides a weekly outreach service to the local Aboriginal community at La Perouse every second Tuesday morning from 10 am to 11.30 am and is situated in the Aboriginal Community Health Centre at Yarra Bay House. The Aboriginal Access Project also consults with the local Aboriginal community to determine what specific community legal education programmes are required; and from this assists in the development and organisation and delivery of the programmes. As part of KLC’s clinical legal training, UNSW law students have a unique opportunity to work with the local Aboriginal community. Students are encouraged to undertake Aboriginal specific projects for the program, research and undertake law reform work and interview Aboriginal clients and where possible take on their case work. During their clinical legal training at KLC, the Aboriginal Access Worker provides the students with a seminar on working with Aboriginal people and communities.