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Emma's story marks Transgender Day of Visibility 01 January 0001 Emma’s Story I grew up in a generation where homosexuality was not spoken of and gender dysphoria was unknown. My parents were very conservative and formal and I was brought up in a very black and white world. My childhood was a confusing period during which I felt out of place amongst my male peers yet unwanted by the girls. This continued into secondary school and the only way I felt part of a group was with the ‘bad’ kids, getting into trouble and earning myself a few strokes of the cane, detention and the wrath of my father in the process. -
New prayer room unveiled at city location 01 January 0001 To continue creating an inclusive workplace at HSS, our Multicultural Reference Group last week was proud to unveil a new multi-faith and non-denominational prayer room for employees at our 81 St Georges Terrace location. -
Harriet's story marks Lesbian Visibility Day 01 January 0001 Lesbian Visibility Day celebrates lesbian role models and lesbian culture and diversity, as well as raises awareness of the issues that lesbians face in their lives. Lesbians can identify in many different ways. They can be cisgender women, trans women, non-binary, gender non-conforming, intersex and many more. HSS’ Service Desk Manager Harriet Fitzgerald came out as a lesbian to her parents when she was 23. -
Meet Aboriginal Cadet, Jasmine Unno 01 January 0001 Jasmine Unno is a proud Wardandi Noongar Ngadju yorga (woman) completing the WA Health Aboriginal Cadetship Program and is currently on her second placement with Health Support Services (HSS). -
Celebrating International Nurses Day with Director of Nursing Emily Davis 01 January 0001 International Nurses Dayis celebrated each year on 12 May, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth. This year’s theme is ‘Nurses: A Voice to Lead – Invest in nursing and respect rights to secure global health.It focuses on the need to invest in nursing and respecting the rights of nurses to build resilient, high quality health systems to meet the needs of individuals and communities now and into the future. In celebration of International Nurses Day, we spoke with one of our customers, Emily Davis, Director of Nursing at Karratha Health Campus, who shares with us about her nursing career and what inspires her. “I’ve beena nurse for 13 years and mycareer has led me down paths that I never would have imagined that I would have gone, and ever experienced,” she said. Emily says her career inspiration was a mix of watching her mother, who was ...
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07/10/2024