Address Position Summary
Tangentyere Council Aboriginal Corporation (TCAC) is a community controlled Public Benevolent Institution delivering human services and social enterprise activities for the benefit of Aboriginal people from the Alice Springs Town Camps, urban Alice Springs, and Central Australia.
CAYLUS is a petrol sniffing prevention program. CAYLUS services remote communities across Central Australia to reduce the supply, demand and harm caused by volatile substance use.
This position will spend approximately two weeks working in remote communities, and two weeks in Alice Springs each month, shadowing senior CAYLUS staff. The CAYLUS trainee will learn from, listen to, and work alongside experienced CAYLUS employees while engaging with community stakeholders in the CAYLUS service area to develop and implement strategies that prevent and reduce the impact of substance misuse on young people and families.
As part of your role, you will be working with children, people with a disability and people who are vulnerable. It is your obligation to always ensure their safety and report any concerns in line with our duty of care obligations. We have zero tolerance when it comes to abuse of any kind and will take disciplinary action, including and up to termination of employment, should we determine that abuse has taken place or there has been a failure to report any suspected or alleged abuse.
Responsibilities
• Work alongside senior CAYLUS staff to support the development of community-specific strategies to address substance abuse.
• Supporting the delivery of sustainable remote community youth programs, including occasional direct delivery of activities for young people.
• Supporting audits and upgrades to CAYLUS computer rooms, houses and other facilities and assets across the service area.
• Assisting communities to develop and implement other local initiatives for youth and families.
• Promoting linkages between remote communities and relevant programs and services.
• Developing and maintaining a work plan to document planned actions/activities and the achievement of these.
• Assisting CAYLUS to provide advocacy to government and services on behalf of remote communities, partner services and clients.
• Representing CAYLUS in our work with community and agency stakeholders.
• Contributing to maintenance and improvement of the CAYLUS office environment and CAYLUS administrative systems.
• Working in compliance with relevant policies and procedures.
• Providing written and verbal reports.
• Assist with achieving quality management objectives across the organisation.
• Assist with achieving safeguarding objectives across the organisation.
• Assist with achieving compliance objectives across the organisation.
• Other reasonable duties as required.
Qualifications and Selection Criteria
Required
• A demonstrated interest in working with young people and other stakeholders in remote communities.
• Able to work and reside in remote communities alongside senior CAYLUS staff for up to one or two weeks at a time.
• Able to work during the NT summer and winter school holiday periods.
• Demonstrated ability to work proactively, seeking input from managers at appropriate junctures.
• Able to gather information and prepare reports.
• Basic understanding of the issues affecting young people across the region.
• Current NT Drivers Licence, NT Working with Children (Ochre) Card, satisfactory Police Check, and proof of full (3) vaccination against COVID-19.
Desired
• Qualifications in Community Development, Social Work, Youth Work, AOD, Public Health or similar are desirable.
• Experience traveling to or living in a remote community.
• Local Indigenous language skills.
• Current First Aid Certificate, or ability and willingness to attain.
• An understanding of Aboriginal culture as well as a broad range of contemporary issues affecting Central Australian Aboriginal people.
