Aboriginal Youth Worker
Aboriginal Youth Empowerment Program (AYEP)

Aboriginality is considered an essential criterion of this position under Section 50 (D) of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984.

 

Job Title: Aboriginal Youth Worker

Location: Albany, Great Southern Region, WA

Employment Type: Full-time (1.0 FTE)

 

About the Role

Based in Albany, Western Australia, reporting to the Projects & Services Manager, the Aboriginal Youth Works will deliver the Aboriginal Youth Empowerment Program (AYEP).

 

AYEP aims to provide culturally safe, trauma informed, and individualised case management, mentoring and goal setting, for disengaged or at-risk Aboriginal youth, and to empower participants to achieve self-determination and positive life outcomes.  

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The Aboriginal Youth Worker will deliver a strengths-based, community mandated program focussed on personal growth, emotional resilience health, wellbeing, and employment outcomes with a strong focus on cultural identity, community connection and sustainable impact.

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The program integrates group workshops, on-Country activities, career readiness, education support, and wellbeing initiatives, all imbedded in Aboriginal culture, and guided by Elders and cultural mentors.

 

Essential skills/experiences 

To be successful in this role, you will:

• Identify as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander as your cultural and lived experiences are central to the work we do.

• Have formal qualifications or equivalent experience in social and community services.

• Have experience in similar case management, assisting young people.

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And desirably has:

• Demonstrated experience in the development of case plans structured to achieve identified goals.

• Demonstrated use of organisational processes and systems to ensure that all documentation requirements are completed in a professional and timely manner.

• Demonstrated awareness and knowledge of working with the target cohorts and broad knowledge of issues affecting people from these communities.

• Demonstrated ability to liaise, consult and form cooperative and purposeful relationships with staff members, community, government agencies, service providers, Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations (ACCOs) and other stakeholders.

• Highly developed interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills and the capacity to build and maintain relationships with a diverse range of people.

 

Benefits 

• Working for a local Community in a culturally safe ACCO. 

• Access to generous employee benefits including Not for Profit salary packaging entitlements (see below), leave loading, and more (please confirm

• Organisational early finish Fridays (4pm)

 

Other employment information

Required

• A current WA Driver’s licence

• A Prior Offender History Check no older than three months.

• A Working with Children Check.

 

Apply Now

Please note we will begin shortlisting as we receive suitable applications and therefore encourage early applications.

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Please include a cover letter addressing the selection criteria and your suitability for the role after reviewing the position description.

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For enquiries and full position description, please contact our People & Culture Coordinator, Peter Wilson, via peter@sacorp.com.au or 0407 349 449.