Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Youth Worker
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Work type: Permanent
Location: South Brisbane
Categories: Community Services & Development, Social Work
About the role
This is a Permanent Part-time opportunity (14 hours per week) based at Clarence Street, South Brisbane within the Mater Young Adult Health Centre. As an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Youth Worker, you'll support young people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds who are experiencing harms related to alcohol and other drugs.
In this role, you'll walk alongside young people and their families, providing culturally safe and trauma-informed care to help them achieve their goals and build positive connections in their community.
In this role, you will provide culturally sensitive outreach, engagement, and support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people, delivering alcohol and other drug interventions including assessment, brief intervention, counselling, and harm minimisation strategies.
You will facilitate both group and individual sessions to support personal goals, resilience, and community connection, while also providing case management, referrals, and advocacy to address the holistic needs of young people. Building and maintaining strong relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and service providers will be central to your work, alongside contributing to treatment planning and collaborating closely with a multidisciplinary team.
About you
You are a grounded and compassionate professional who is passionate about supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people. You bring strong communication skills, the ability to build trust, and experience working in youth, community, or alcohol and other drug services.
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Identified as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
- A minimum Diploma, preferably in Alcohol and Other Drugs, Youth Work, Community Services, or another Human Services field.
- A current Blue Card (Working with Children Check), unless exempt as a registered health practitioner.
- The ability to obtain a criminal history check.
- A current Queensland C Class driver's licence and the ability to operate an organisation vehicle.
- A current First Aid certificate (minimum Emergency Care Course, St John's Ambulance).
- Willingness to participate in an on-call roster providing after-hours support for residential services.
- Indigenous to the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Community. Under s25 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991, there is a genuine occupational requirement for the incumbent to be Indigenous to the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Community.
- Demonstrated understanding of the barriers of access to healthcare experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
- Knowledge of and experience working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities.
Mater is Queensland's largest not-for-profit healthcare provider, delivering exceptional care to nearly 700,000 patients each year across 11 (soon to be 12) hospitals. We're leaders in healthcare, education, fundraising & philanthropy and research — and it's our people who make the difference.
We're looking for passionate individuals to join our team and help shape the future of care. At Mater, you'll be part of a purpose-driven organisation that values innovation, compassion, and excellence.
Benefits include:
- Increase your take-home pay with generous salary packaging options, including meal and entertainment benefits
- Grow your career with access to industry-leading training and professional development through Mater Education
- Wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Program and on-site pastoral care teams
- Access a range of health and wellbeing services with a corporate discount on private health insurance
- Exclusive discounts across dining, retail, travel, accommodation
- Stay active with unlimited access to discounted gyms via the Fitness Passport program
- Convenient, discounted on-site parking
- Enjoy great food with reduced prices at our campus cafés and coffee spots
- Join Queensland's Largest and Most Innovative Not-for-Profit Healthcare Team.
Mater considers that being Aboriginal or a Torres Strait Islander is a genuine occupational requirement for this position under s 25 of the Discrimination Act 1991 (Qld).
Mater is committed to the wellbeing of their staff, and it is underpinned by our flexible and remote working policies.
Mater Group is dedicated to creating a workplace that values diversity and inclusion. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and abilities.
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