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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.
First incorporated in 1979, the organisation was a finalist in the 2016 Reconciliation Australia, Indigenous Governance Awards and is one of the 10 largest Aboriginal Corporations in Australia.
The Council offers 6 weeks Annual Leave and attractive Remote Area Salary Packaging.
The Opportunity
The Tangentyere Youth and Community Safety (YCS) Division brings together a range of programs and services for young people. This includes the Brown Street and Youth Development Service providing afterhours programs to young people on Town Camps and out-of-school hours. As well as our Night and Youth Patrol Service, including Looking After the Kids case management service. 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 Support Workers, are working across program siloes to provide client and placed-based focused services that are flexible and responsive to needs.
The Town Camp Youth Support Worker will have an excellent knowledge of the Town Camp community and families and be a part of the broader Town Camp communities.
The Town Camp Youth Support Worker will work alongside a youth worker or patroller in delivering the program and activities.
The position is indigenous identified, preferably living in an Alice Springs Town Camp or having connections to one.
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
- Help deliver Youth and patrol activities at Town Camps, 3 Brown Street or on Patrols with supervision.
- Engage with children and young people in a fun manner, that encourages their participation and involvement.
- Role model kindness, fairness, respect when working with children and young people.
- Encourage children and young people to learn, grow and develop, including attending school.
- Act professionally and work as part of a team.
- Ensure compliance with statutory requirements and YCS operational objectives.
- 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
- Live in an Alice Springs Town Camp or strong familial relationship to Town Campers.
- Enthusiastic about delivering activities for children and young people such as sport, arts and crafts, cooking, cultural activities.
- Committed to role modelling positive behaviours to children and young people.
- Commitment to be a reliable and dependable member of the Youth Services team.
- Current NT Working with Children (Ochre) Card, satisfactory Police Check, and proof of full (3) vaccination against COVID-19.
Desired
- 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.
How to Apply
Our organisation is committed to child safety. We have zero tolerance of child abuse. Our robust human resources, recruitment and vetting practices are strictly adhered to during the application and interviewing process. Applicants should be aware that we carry out working with children, police records and reference checks to ensure that we are recruiting the right people.
To apply, please go to https://www.tangentyere.org.au/work-with-us to lodge an application.
To be consider for this position, the application must include the following documents: Cover Letter, claims against the Selection Criteria and a Resume (including two nominated current referees). The application must also include a copy of a satisfactory Police Check, Ochre Card (WWC), and evidence of full COVID-19 vaccination (three doses consisting of two primary and one booster).
A suitable candidate may be appointed prior to closing date.
Closing Date: 24/04/2024.
