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Form of workAbout Gidgee Healing
Gidgee Healing (‘Gidgee’) is an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service, representing the health needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across the Northwest, and Lower Gulf regions of Queensland. We are committed to supporting Aboriginal communities’ own solutions to living long healthy lives; strengthen their culture; and regain their spirit. Our mission is to provide holistic and culturally appropriate health services, underpinned by a philosophy of community participation, and with a strong focus on care coordination.
We provide a broad range of primary health care and aged care services, and we are now the largest Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service provider by land area in Queensland. Our vast service footprint spans approximately 640,000 km2, including some 11,000 Indigenous people. Our service includes two Hospital and Health Service regions (Central West and Northwest) and shares its boundary with the Western Queensland Primary Health Network (WQPHN).
For more information, visit our website at www.gidgeehealing.com
The Aftercare Worker brings together key streams of suicide prevention, planning, coordination, and activity across the network regions, including raising awareness, early prevention, crisis management and aftercare services.
Key Responsibilities:
- Contribute to a localised service delivery model for aftercare services through a co-design approach with local Community, using NACCHO’s National Model of Care, and other resources, as a framework.
- Provide aftercare services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals who have been referred following a suicide attempt or suicidal crisis in line with agreed service delivery model
- Build and maintain strong referral pathways, including but not limited to the following services: acute care services, primary care services, schools, police, funeral services, Alcohol and Other Drug Services, mainstream and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-led mental health services
- Participate in the Aftercare Services Community of Practice, established to support ACCHOs in setting up and maintaining Aftercare Services, and facilitate sharing of best practice and expertise
- Undertake reporting on aftercare activities in line with Service Agreement requirements including ensuring appropriate data collection
- Maintain client confidentiality
- Identify and report hazards in the workplace
Skills and Experience
- HLT40113- Certificate IV in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care or equivalent training and/or experience
- Mental Health qualifications and/or experience
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Demonstrated understanding of relevant legislation and policy frameworks
- Excellent customer service skills
- Client focused with an ability to advocate on the clients behalf
- Ability to multi-task, prioritise workloads and meet deadlines
- Proficiency in computer software including electronic medical software and the Microsoft Office suite
- Demonstrated experience in office administration tasks
- Current police check and WWVP check
- Willingness to undertake further study as required
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment
- Knowledge and commitment to the principles of Primary Health Care
- Commitment to personal and professional development including the sharing of knowledge, information and skills with work colleagues
- Current Class C drivers license
Note: Legislation requires applicants to hold a blue card before commencement. Refer to Qld Government’s Blue Card Services website for more information.
The above is an Identified position. It is a genuine occupational requirement that an Identified position be filled by an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person, as permitted by and arguable under section 25, 104 and 105 of the Queensland Anti-Discrimination Act (1991).
For more information on this position, please contact our team via **@gidgeehealing.com or 1800 GIDGEE
