Job Title:
Mentor for Indigenous Youth
* A challenging opportunity has arisen to join a dynamic team as an Aboriginal Youth Mentor. This full-time position is based at headspace Esperance, working Monday to Friday.
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About the Opportunity:
This role will incorporate your lived experience to raise awareness and promote help-seeking for physical health, social and emotional wellbeing, alcohol and other drug use, and vocational and educational support.
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Main Responsibilities:
* Raise awareness and engagement of headspace Esperance through events, groups, and individual mentoring support to young people via in-reach, outreach, and centre-based activities.
* Advise on the development, implementation, and evaluation of a culturally and contextually appropriate Community Awareness Plan in which young people are the primary audience.
* Support the planning, development, and delivery of mental health literacy education sessions for young people, parents, families, and friends, sector, and community.
* Work with the Clinical Team to ensure that health promotion messages and activities relating to Aboriginal youth mental health are consistent, evidence-based, and speak to community.
* Participate in relevant community and centre-based events and activities, such as headspace training activities, community events, promotional days/weeks.
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About You:
* Demonstrates experience working with and engaging young people with mental health, alcohol, and other drug issues.
* Demonstrates experience coordinating and facilitating youth programs, events, or activities within a community setting.
* Experience in the development of positive working relationships with stakeholders.
* Ability to problem-solve and work creatively with young people.
* Demonstrates ability to work effectively in a team.
* Works to develop additional knowledge and skills.
* Uses various styles of communication to ensure information is tailored to the audience.
* Ensures communication is factual, accurate, and presented in a clear and concise manner.
* Conversant with relevant community-based mental health terminology.
* Demonstrates an understanding of organisational policies and processes and implements them appropriately.
* Broad knowledge of the range of services available to young people in the local government, health, education, employment, and youth sectors.
* Competence regarding information technology, software packages, and willingness to be trained and implement the headspace data collection tool.
Please note that applicants will be subject to Australian residency requirements, satisfactory National Police check, Working With Children card, Current C or A class driver's license, First Aid Certificate, and suitable work referee.