Social Futures is a voice for social change in regional Australia, helping to create connected, resilient communities. With more than 50 years' industry experience, we are a community service leader, striving to create change through our work across homelessness and housing supports, youth and family services, sector advocacy and programs that promote genuine participation for people with disability.
About the Role:
We have an exciting new opportunity for an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Program Worker in our Family Connect and Support team based in Lismore, which is part of our Children, Youth, Families and Employment Stream. The Children, Youth, Families and Employment Stream provides accessible, inclusive and culturally safe supports to children, young people and their families to support their health, social and emotional wellbeing, and resilience.
The Aboriginal Program Worker, Family Connect and Support, works alongside families, children and young people from a person-centred evidence-based approach that promotes self-determination. Though client led goal planning, and connecting families to culturally appropriate supports and services, the Aboriginal Program Worker will assist in improving the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal children, young people and their families.
Desired Skills and Experience:
• Support customers to access services in a timely and appropriate manner, including provision of relevant information about services to customers, their families, carers and community partners
• Share knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal Communities, both society and culture and the issues impacting on it, along with the ability to communicate sensitively and effectively with members of the Aboriginal Communities
• Develop meaningful and respectful relationships and communicate sensitively and effectively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities
• Provide high quality person-centred supports and brief interventions to customers, their families and carers that are strengths based and culturally responsive and in line with Social Futures Practice Framework and National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' Mental Health and Social and Emotional Wellbeing.
• Collect, and ensure integrity of, data using relevant information systems to meet commissioning and outcome-based reporting requirements
• Recommend expenditure for customers in line with brokerage guidelines
• Ensure all customer work requirements are completed in accordance with the relevant policies and procedures, including quality improvement requirements
• Comply with procedures to ensure the effective reporting of quality, safety, and risk issues and provide regular reports to ensure reporting requirements are met
• Participate in supervision activities including case reviews and case audits
• Ensure relevant mandatory reporting requirements are met in line with legislative and policy requirements
• Participate in business planning processes within the Team / Branch and provide feedback on enhancement to program services and delivery / identify opportunities for improvement
• Aboriginality. Social Futures considers that being Aboriginal is a genuine occupational qualification under Section 14 of the Anti-Discrimination Act of 1977 (NSW)
About Social Futures:
Social Futures is an equal opportunity employer and will actively recruit our workforce from key communities; including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, LGBTIQSB, people living with a disability, people with lived experience and people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
Social Futures is committed to prioritising the safety and well-being of children and upholds the National Child Safe Principles. Working with Children Check and National Police Check n are mandatory requirements for all staff.
Our Benefits:
* Generous Salary packaging options
* Staff Well-being Program
* Flexible working options
* Access to ongoing Learning and Development
* Staff Recognition Program and Organisational Celebration Events
* Organisational paid Parental leave
* Access to Pool Vehicles
We are proud to announce that we have received recognition as an accredited Great Workplace by WRK+. Our amazing team makes our workplace special.
Social Futures is a Rainbow tick accredited organisation and an equal opportunity employer and actively recruit from key communities; including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, LGBTIQSB+, people living with a disability, people with lived experience and people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
Working with Children and a National Police Check are mandatory requirements for all staff.
How to Apply:
A cover letter demonstrating how your skills, education and professional experience meet the requirements of the role as outlined in the position description, should be submitted with your application.
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Applications close 30 January
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