Brief Summary of role:
The Youth Outreach & Transport Officer is responsible for ensuring the delivery of the Kalano Youth Outreach & Transport Service in line with the agreed hours of operation and the key responsibilities listed below. The Youth Outreach & Transport Officer is responsible for the interaction with youth found to be unaccompanied in the Central Business District and Katherine surrounding areas and to assist each client by way of referral to third party stakeholders and or transport.
The role is focused on the below objectives:
• Demonstrated understanding of the social and emotional wellbeing issues and barriers affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
• Experience working with Indigenous Youth and the willingness to undertake further training and development
• An understanding of case management or willing to learn
• Work collaboratively with other youth service providers and inter-agency forums
• Divert young people away from anti-social behavior and entry into the criminal justice system
• Liaise with Police and emergency services
• Patrol known hotspots with high youth activity
• Referring individuals to other relevant service providers.
• Prepared to complete training relevant to outreach objectives as required
• Ability to work within set timeframes and in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to cooperate and work together with staff, management, service providers and Promote the organisation in a positive manner.
Casual and Parttime Positions available.
Salary and Conditions:
Employment Type Casual
Salary Range: $35.0980 per hour (Plus Casual loading & other applicable allowances)
Hours of Work: Shift worker
Location Kalano’s Transport Services Office – Katherine, NT.
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Employment Type Parttime
Salary Range: $68,441.18 per annum (pro-rata) - plus applicable allowances
Entitlements/Benefits: 6 Weeks Annual Leave + 2 Weeks Sick Leave + 2 Weeks Ancillary Leave + 1 RDO per Month (pro-rata)
Location Kalano’s Transport Services Office – Katherine, NT.
The successful applicant should have;
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, and ability to communicate effectively and professionally with clients, staff and stakeholders
• Sound knowledge of the Katherine local area and ability to navigate the streets safely and effectively
• Current NT drivers licence, Valid Ochre Card and willingness to undertake a National Police check.
Indigenous and/or Torres Strait Islander persons encouraged to apply
All applications are to include an up-to-date Resume and a Cover Letter addressing your suitability for the role and apply via our Kalano’s Careers page before the closing date to be accepted.
s can be obtained from Human Resources.
Phone 08 89722588 | Email hr@kalano.org.au
"Applications ongoing" – when positions become available.
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.
