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SalaryEmployment Type: Permanent Full Time, 38 Hours Per Week
Location: Cabramatta Drug Health Service
Position Classification: Aboriginal Health Worker
Remuneration: $60,398 - $87,301 Per Annum
Requisition ID: REQ471960
Application Close Date: 10/03/2024
Interview Date Range: 13/03/2024 – 20/03/2024
Contact Details: Kurt Simpson - 0472 802 627 I Kurt.Simpson@health.nsw.gov.au
⚫️🟡🔴This position is advertised under the SWSLHD Aboriginal Targeted Recruitment Program. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply and, where found suitable, will be given higher priority. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants may have to cite their Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander heritage, in addition to the selection criteria.⚫️🟡🔴
About the Opportunity
The Aboriginal Drug Health Team is a newly established multidisciplinary team in the South West Sydney Local Health District (SWSLHD) Drug Health Service.
The team will utilise a culturally responsive model to work holistically with Aboriginal people and communities to support consumers with drug and alcohol misuse, with a particular focus on ice use.
The Aboriginal Health Worker will work with individuals, families, and communities in a range of settings to provide cultural support, education seminars and care coordination to Aboriginal consumers.
The team will include a Senior Aboriginal Health Worker, 2x Aboriginal Health Workers, Social Worker, Clinical Nurse Specialist, 2x Counsellors and Aboriginal Program Coordinator.
As a part of the SWSLHD Aboriginal Drug Health Team, you will be supported by an Aboriginal Program Coordinator and have access to a wide range of cultural supports across the service including cultural supervision, SWSLHD Aboriginal Health Unit and a large workforce of Aboriginal colleagues.
What You'll be Doing
This position will promote the philosophy that health is an active state of physical, mental, spiritual and social well-being and to encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to take action on health at individual, family and community levels.
Where You'll Be Working
SWSLHD operates its services on the lands of the Dharawal, Darug and Gundungurra peoples and has a rich history of working alongside local Aboriginal organisations and programs.
The position has an office base in Cabramatta. The team services community across the South West Sydney area and travel across the district will be required.
How to Apply
To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the selection criteria as thoroughly as possible. * Being an Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander person is a genuine occupational qualification. Describe your
connections to community and culture. * Detail your experience working with Aboriginal &Torres Strait Islander communities.
- Lived experience or understanding of the challenges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people may
licence within 3 months of appointment.
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Additional Information
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Transforming Your Experience
Transforming Your Experience (TYE) is SWSLHDs key strategy to always positively transform your, our patients, our consumers, our staffs and our communities experiences across our organisation and services. Our vision is that our care is always safe, high quality and personalised and all our staff are supported and empowered to achieve their full potential. SWSLHD upholds the CORE Values – Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.
To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.
At South Western Sydney Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of ⚫️ 🟡 🔴 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander ⚫️ 🟡 🔴 background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.
All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course of a COVID-19 vaccine which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA). New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health, or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW.
SWSLHD is committed to driving a child safe culture that upholds children and young people’s rights. We strive to ensure children and young people feel safe, supported and included in their care. Existing staff of SWSLHD and those seeking employment are required to take the safety, welfare and wellbeing of children and young people seriously while taking action to keep them safe from harm and abuse.
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