Senior Patroller
Level: 4.1
Salary: $81,192 per annum/ pro rata
Hours/Employment Status: Permanent Full Time - Mon, Wed to Sat.
*this is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander identified position*
The Tangentyere Youth and Community Safety (YCS) Division brings together a range of programs and services for young people. This includes the Brown Street Youth Service, the Youth Development Service providing afterhours programs to young people on Town Camps and out-of-school hours services. The YCS Division is increasingly working in an integrated fashion, ensuring staff and programs work together to provide holistic services for young people to achieve positive outcomes in education, safety, and wellbeing. This means that all staff, including Senior Patrollers, are working across program siloes to provide client and placed-based focused services that are flexible and responsive to needs.
With our Patrol service running seven days per week, the Senior Patroller will lead, support, and manage a patrols vehicle alongside a support worker or patroller. They will provide safe and culturally appropriate transport through public areas of Alice Springs and Town Camps to both adults and children.
The Senior Patroller will also provide early intervention, education and support to Aboriginal people and the wider community in a way that respects culture and human rights. Providing referral and relevant information about support services to passengers to encourage responsible alcohol use, school, and healthcare attendance as well as support and empower Aboriginal people to make a choice that creates a safer environment within the Alice Springs community.
This is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander identified role. The hours of work are 6.30pm to 3:00am, Monday to Sunday. Flexibility around rostered days and times will be provided to the successful permanent candidate.
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Closing date: 24/07/2024
A suitable candidate may be appointed prior to closing date.
Please see below for How to Apply and application requirements.