Aboriginal Trainee

**Employment Type**: Temporary Full Time (Up to 28 Feb 2028)
**Position Classification**: Aboriginal Health Worker
**Remuneration**: $62,512.00 - $90,357.00 pa (+ superannuation + salary packaging options)
**Location**: Bathurst, NSW - Find out more
**Hours Per Week**: 38
**Applications Close**: 5 January 2025 - 11:59pm

**Aboriginal Trainee - Mental Health Drug & Alcohol**
Bathurst Mental Health Drug & Alcohol

**About the role**
The NSW Aboriginal Mental Health Workforce Training Program is a mental health traineeship program that aims to employ and train Aboriginal people as mental health professionals in NSW Local Health District (LHD) mental health services to further enhance the Aboriginal mental health workforce to support the needs of Aboriginal communities across New South Wales.

The three-year program is made up of three core elements:
1. Workplace Training and Support

2. Undertaking a recognised University degree

3. Undertaking mandatory Clinical Placements (and potential workplace rotations)

To learn more about the program or to make enquiries, please visit the Mental Health Workforce Initiatives page.

The successful applicants will train and work within inpatient and outpatient mental health drug and alcohol settings in Bathurst, supporting consumers across the age range. They will work closely with the Aboriginal Clinical Leader, the District Coordinator of Aboriginal Mental Health and Wellbeing, team leaders, and the wider Aboriginal workforce and MHDA teams. They will also be linked in with a supervisor and mentors.

To find out more about the role click to view the Position Description

**A career with Western NSW means you can challenge yourself, make an impact and shape the future of rural health.** To explore the benefits of a career in our Local Health District, visit the WNSWLHD website.
- Click ‘Apply’
- Create a profile in the Recruitment & Onboarding (ROB) System or sign in using your existing login
- Upload your current resume
- Answer the selection criteria

**Additional information for applicants**:

- This is an identified position in accordance with _Section 14 (d) of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977_- only suitably qualified Aboriginal people are eligible for this position and are encouraged to apply. For more information, visit Anti-Discrimination Act 1977.
- This recruitment may be used to create an** Eligibility List**for similar roles in the future (ongoing or temporary).
- To find out more about the remuneration and conditions, visit NSW Public Health System Awards
- For more information, visit a Guide to Employment with WNSWLHD