Join Our Team as a Social and Emotional Wellbeing Worker!
Saltbush is seeking a compassionate and experienced Social and Emotional Wellbeing Worker to join our Indigenous Skills and Employment Program (ISEP) team in Darwin.
Working alongside a multidisciplinary team, you'll provide culturally safe, trauma-informed support that empowers participants to overcome barriers, strengthen their wellbeing and create pathways towards employment, education and long-term independence.
Position Details:
About Saltbush Social Enterprises: Saltbush Social Enterprises is a Northern Territory not-for-profit organisation committed to empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities through education, employment and community-driven programs. We work alongside participants to build confidence, strengthen resilience and create meaningful pathways to brighter futures.
Primary Purpose: As the Social and Emotional Wellbeing Worker, you'll work directly with participants to provide strengths-based, culturally safe and trauma-informed support.
Working closely with Mentors, Employment Consultants and external service providers, you'll undertake needs assessments, develop personalised support plans, coordinate referrals and provide therapeutic support that assists participants to achieve positive wellbeing, education and employment outcomes.
You'll also play an important role in building the capability of the wider team by sharing knowledge, mentoring staff and strengthening trauma-informed practice across the program.
Key Responsibilities:
For a full list of responsibilities, please refer to the Position Description.
Essential Criteria:
Employment Requirements Successful applicants will be required to hold or obtain:
How to Apply: Please submit your resume and a brief cover letter outlining your interest in the role
and how your skills and experience align with the position.
Applications Close: Sunday, 19 July 2026
Rolling Recruitment: Applications will be assessed as they are received, and interviews may commence before the closing date. We encourage early applications, as the position may be filled before the closing date.
Want to learn more? We encourage you to review the Position Description for detailed information about the role, responsibilities and selection criteria before submitting your application.
Saltbush Social Enterprises is an equal-opportunity employer that values diversity and
welcomes applications from all suitable candidates, especially Indigenous individuals passionate about supporting their communities.
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.
