Job Title: Domestic, Family & Sexual Violence (DFSV) Community Connectors
Location: Tennant Creek and the surrounding Barkly region
Employment Conditions: Casual
Salary: $38.48 - $41.36 per hour inclusive 25% casual loading
Reports to: Project Coordinator
Employee access to Medical Services: Free Prescriptions
This position is designated Indigenous under Section 57 of the NT Anti-Discrimination Act. Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander candidates are encouraged to apply.
About the Opportunity
Anyinginyi Health Aboriginal Corporation has been funded to support the implementation of recommendations from the Tennant Creek & Barkly Region report on Family Violence Report 2022 – 'It takes a whole community approach to violence'. Reporting to the Project Coordinator, DFSV Community Connectors will support community members to access DFSV services and raise community awareness through the development and delivery of relevant activities.
Responsibilities
* Support community members to access existing DFSV services
* Undertake community consultation to support implementation of recommendations within the Report
* Support development and delivery of DFSV community awareness raising activities
* Support information gathering to inform the service mapping, needs assessment and gap analysis on local services available to people affected by DFSV or who have committed DFSV
* Ensure all activities are undertaken in alignment with the Northern Territory DFSV policy and practice frameworks, including the Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Reduction Framework 2018‐2028: Safe, respected and free from violence and its action plans, and the Northern Territory Risk Assessment and Management Framework (RAMF)
Selection Criteria
Essential
* Experience in the delivery of community-based activities that are culturally responsive, and trauma informed
* Willingness to engage with all different Aboriginal language groups and families
* Demonstrated task completion for meetings or events with due dates
* Prepared to undertake training and development
* Demonstrated communication skills, in adapting to meet the need of individuals in a holistic wrap around service model
* Demonstrated communication and act as a support to cultural responsiveness requirements to a non-Aboriginal person
* Ability to work as part of a collaborative and multi-disciplinary team
Desirable
* Ability to speak one or more languages of the Barkly Region
* Ability to provide accurate verbal and written reports
Additional Requirements
* Confirmation of employment is dependent on the outcome of the successful application for an Ochre Card/Working with Children's Card and a Satisfactory Criminal History Check
* All Anyinginyi Health employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19
* Anyinginyi Health provides child-related services with obligations under the Commonwealth's Child Safe Framework. All employees must fulfil their obligations under the Care and Protection of Children Act (2007)
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