The Royal Children's Hospital

Mentors - Journey to Empowerment

The Royal Children's Hospital  •  Kununurra, AU (Onsite)  •  14 hours ago
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Job Description

Mentors - Journey to Empowerment Program

  • Opportunity to work with one of Australia's leading Indigenous organisations
  • Live and work in the amazing Kimberley region
  • Access to generous salary packaging benefits

Wunan Foundation is a leading Aboriginal development organisation based in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Its purpose is to ensure that Aboriginal people enjoy the capabilities and opportunities necessary to make positive choices that lead to independent, fulfilling lives. Wunan delivers the Journey to Empowerment Program in the East Kimberley, Provide direct mentoring, support and referrals to clients, ensuring culturally safe, strengths-based service delivery.

Wunan is seeking a mentor who has Experience supporting vulnerable individuals, strong communication, record-keeping skills, cultural safety knowledge to work with a team of enthusiastic team members working in a culturally safe environment.

Key Duties:

  • Deliver one-on-one mentoring and practical support.
  • Assist clients with Cashless Debit Card processes, budgeting and service access.
  • Maintain accurate case notes and complete DEX entries.
  • Participate in outreach and community engagement.
  • Uphold Wunan policies, DSS requirements and Child Safe standards.

Requirements of the role

Essential Criteria:

Experience supporting vulnerable individuals, strong communication, record-keeping skills, cultural safety knowledge.

Desirable criteria:

Cert Ill/IV Community Services; mentoring or youth work experience.

Pre-employment requirements:

  • Satisfactory Criminal History Check (not older than 6 months)
  • Current Working with children clearance
  • Current Australian unrestricted 'C' class Driver's license

Applications close Friday 16th October 2026

(Wunan reserves the right to commence recruitment process and/or close recruitment early if an applicable candidate is sourced).

  • This role is based in Kununurra, WA and cannot be done remotely.

For more information about this role, please contact Elizabeth Cox, role GM Education & Employment contact 0418714217.

Please apply via SEEK including in your application a cover letter addressing the criteria's above, a current resume and at least two referees (ideally including most recent supervisor).

NOTE: All final applicants for this position will be asked to consent to a criminal record check and/or a working with children check. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically barred from applying for this position. Each application will be considered on its merits.

The Royal Children's Hospital

About The Royal Children's Hospital

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.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Parkville, AU
Year Founded
Unknown
Website
org.au
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