Tangentyere Council Aboriginal Corporation (TCAC) is a community controlled Public Benevolent Institution delivering human services and social enterprise activities for the benefit of Aboriginal people from the Alice Springs Town Camps, urban Alice Springs, and Central Australia.
The Community Centres Division (CCD) provides innovative, unique, place-based programs support Aboriginal children (0-5 years), school age children (6-12 years), youth (12-18 years), families and kin to achieve positive outcomes in community safety, education, and wellbeing.
The Community Support Worker position is part of a dynamic team working with Town Camps that uses client-centred, community-led approaches to respond to client and community needs. Community Support Workers provide invaluable connections and cultural understanding and guidance to Community Centre Programs.
The Community Support Worker will work alongside the Community Centre Coordinator to assist in the day-to-day running of the Community Centre and its activities. The support worker will support other staff and service providers to run activities and programs and contribute to keeping the community centre safe and clean.
As part of your role, you will be working with children, people with a disability and people who are vulnerable. It is your obligation to always ensure their safety and report any concerns in line with our duty of care obligations. We have zero tolerance when it comes to abuse of any kind and will take disciplinary action, including and up to termination of employment, should we determine that abuse has taken place or there has been a failure to report any suspected or alleged abuse.
Responsibilities
• Help create a safe, engaging community space through assisting in consultation and advising on suitable activities/programs.
• Take an active role in upkeep and day to day running of Community Centre (cleaning/gardening/laundry/grounds maintenance).
• Encourage and involve other community members to participate in Community Centre activities.
• Work alongside Coordinator and other staff to develop and support programs and initiatives that meet community needs.
• Assist with achieving quality management objectives across the organisation.
• Assist with achieving safeguarding objectives across the organisation.
• Assist with achieving compliance objectives across the organisation.
• Other reasonable duties as required.
Qualifications and Selection Criteria
Required
• Live in an Alice Springs Town Camp.
• Ability to commit to a regular roster of work.
• Ability to obtain first aid and food safety certificates.
• Willingness to participate in delivery of activities.
• Current NT Drivers Licence, NT Working with Children (Ochre) Card, satisfactory Police Check, and proof of full (3) vaccination against COVID-19.
Desired
• Experience in a similar role.
• Current First Aid Certificate, or ability and willingness to attain.
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
