Caretakers Outreach:

The CareTakers films reach their full potential when used in facilitated screenings. In the hands of a prepared facilitator, a screening becomes a learning cycle that allows audiences to watch, reflect and engage with the film and the issues it raises. The role of the facilitator is to guide this process by creating a stimulating environment for open dialogue and personal sharing.

CareTakers has produced a Faciltators' Guide to accompany the films. It can be downloaded here as a pdf document. It is also available as a hardcopy booklet from the STEPS offices.

The Facilitators' Guide will provide you with a good introduction to methods of facilitating an effective screening session.

The set of 8 CareTakers films produced to date, are particularly useful for awareness-raising around vocational opportunities. Facilitated screenings with young people in primary, secondary and early tertiary education, will expose them to the thinking of people already in the field, and to the diverse sets of jobs that exist in nature conservation and management.

It also presents strong role models in real life situations that can open doors of insight for human capital development within the biodiversity sector.

But, it is not only for education and awareness in pre-service training of youth that this series has value. Because of its focus on real situations, and its references to values and aspirations of working practitioners, it is of motivational value in the workplace. Within the conservation and environmental sector, the films can articulate nuances of the work needing to be done, revealing contexts and background information. This in turn is able to stimulate a positive and proactive attitude during in-service training and professional development. The practical information contained in these documentaries is also of value for up-skilling and retraining of people wanting to enter the field from other backgrounds.

The narrative approach that underpins these productions makes them useful in providing the broader social context of nature conservation. This makes them valuable as a high impact tool for lobbying and advocacy, and communicating with policy and decision makers.

Download Facilitator guide PDF (2.49mb)