Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander Cultural Support Coordinator. Max-term - Darwin or Alice Springs

• Competitive base salary + 11.5% super
• Up to $15,900 annual salary sacrifice+ $2600 annual meal & entertainment card
• Monthly rostered day off

About the Organisation

Every day, Life Without Barriers provides support and care to children and young people, as we work collaboratively with families, carers, and communities, to ensure they have the environment they deserve to grow. With a focus on ensuring safety and respect, this is an opportunity to make a positive and meaningful difference in these young lives and help pave a brighter future.

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

About the role

The purpose of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Cultural Support Coordinator is to support the development and delivery of cultural support plans for Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Island children and young people in Out of Home Care and establish and maintain relationships between Life Without Barriers and local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities.  

This 12 month-Max-term full-time position provides flexibility, allowing for both office (Darwin or Alice Springs) and home-based work arrangements, facilitating a harmonious work-life balance.

*Life Without Barriers considers that being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent is a genuine occupational requirement as outlined in section 25 of the Anti-Discrimination Act (1991) and permitted as a 'special measure' under section 8 of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) and by articles 1(4) and 2(2) of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. 

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in the development and delivery of cultural support plans for children and young people in out-of-home care, in partnership with children and young people, and a multidisciplinary team.
• Work with the other relevant stakeholders to ensure that the C&YP identified goals within their cultural support plan are implemented.
• Ensure that any risk with implementing or delivering goals are communicated with appropriate manager.
• Proactively work to ensure that LWB achieve 100% compliance with cultural support plans.
• If required, develop, deliver and support Cultural Awareness programs, activities and other training
• Promote, support and monitor LWB’s compliance with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Placement Principles and related standards.
• Support and promote engagement with local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities and community groups.
• Develop, promote and maintain linkages with state-wide and national specialist and peak Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander bodies.
• If required, provide cultural advice around best practice in working with Aboriginal  and or Torres Strait Islander children, young people and families to staff

Skills & Experience

• Demonstrated ability to work with individuals, families and communities from a strength-based, culturally appropriate perspective.
• Demonstrated experience in managing competing priorities and to deliver high quality outcomes within agreed timeframes
• Ability to work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders including peers, employees, external organisations, funding bodies and government agencies.
• Strong verbal communication skills and presentation ability.
• Demonstrated written communication skills for the creation of reports, correspondence and other material
• Proficient ability in the use of the Microsoft Office suite of programs.
• Extensive knowledge of issues impacting on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities in contemporary society and a demonstrated ability to communicate effectively and sensitively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Essential Criteria

• Must be of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander decent.
• Relevant tertiary qualification in Social Science, Community Development, Social Work or related discipline, and/or demonstrated knowledge and experience working with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities.

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Children Check (where relevant to the role).

Benefits

• An attractive remuneration package will be offered to the successful applicant, including a mobile phone and laptop + non-for-profit tax reduction options.
• Onsite shared parking options.
• Supportive team environment.
• Salary packaging tax benefits, meal entertainment benefit, novated leasing and more.
• Growing organisation with great career opportunities.
• Monthly RDO.

 Additional Support 

Life Without Barriers offers a dedicated After-Hours Service (AHS) for all Child Youth and Family programs. AHS ensures efficient responses to after-hours events that cannot wait until the next business day, relieving our front-line staff from on-call duties and significantly improving their work-life balance.  

 How to Apply

Please note: To be considered for and appointed to a position at Life Without Barriers, you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with a minimum of two (2) doses or hold a valid medical exemption certificate, in accordance with Life Without Barriers Employee COVID-19 Vaccination Policy. You will be required to provide evidence of your vaccination status during the recruitment process.

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact Zina Campbell at zina.campbell@lwb.org.au. Please note, we do not accept applications to this email.

Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as applications are continuously reviewed prior to the closing date; and as such the closing date is subject to change without notice. Current application closing date 27th August 2024.

 Life Without Barriers supports the Royal Commission into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability. We believe people with disability need to be heard and for these experiences to influence how support services like ours are delivered. View our statement (https://bit.ly/2GzZGWA)