Aboriginal Social Emotional Wellbeing Worker

5 days ago


Greater Adelaide SA, Australia SA Health Full time

**Job no**: 877673
**Work type**: Full time
**Location**: Adelaide Metro Eastern
**Categories**: Administration and Clerical, Aboriginal Health
- **Women's and Children's Health Network, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), Enfield (5085)**:

- **Salary**
- **Classification - ASO5 - Administrative Services Officer L5 - $85,790 to $95,413**
- **Full time - Term Contract (Temporary up to 30 Jun 2025)**

**_This position is exempted from the provisions of Sections 30(1), 52(1) and 103 of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 pursuant to an order of the Equal Opportunity Tribunal. Applications for the position/s is/are only open to female Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander applicants._**

**About the Opportunity**

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join **CAMHS** as a** Aboriginal Social and Emotional Wellbeing Worker, **where you will be responsible for:

- Providing cultural expertise and clinical recommendations for Aboriginal children, adolescents, and their families with mental health issues.
- Delivering direct expert care to Aboriginal children, adolescents, and families.
- Offering cultural leadership to multidisciplinary staff within CAMHS.
- Ensuring optimal consumer care by addressing cultural safety in all aspects of engagement, assessment, education/advocacy, counselling, and group work.
- Collaborating and liaise with other CAMHS disciplines, government, and non-government organisations.
- Using expert cultural knowledge to provide direction, support, orientation, and education to other staff members.
- Leading and participate in action research projects, quality improvement activities, and policy development.

**About You**

To be successful in this role, you will have:

- Demonstrated ability to integrate Aboriginal cultural experiences, philosophy and practice particularly as it relates to the provision of social and emotional/mental health services to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children, young people and their families.
- Experience in engaging, establishing relationships, having informed discussions with Aboriginal children and young people (their families and significant others) to enable their needs to be met
- Extensive experience in providing assessment and interventions for Aboriginal children, young people and their families experiencing complex mental health / social and emotional wellbeing difficulties
- Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the cultural, and social and emotional wellbeing issues that impact on Aboriginal child, youth and family health and wellbeing, and the impact of government policies on mental health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
- Ability to Communicate and work with other professionals, facilitate group functions and work as a team member.
- Demonstrated ability to negotiate the boundaries of safe practice with reference to current knowledge and skills, and to know when to refer to other professional disciplines.

**What WCHN Can Offer You**
- Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year.
- Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.)
- Free Public Transport for SA Health Metropolitan Hospital Workers.
- Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities
- Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program

You may be eligible for financial support if you are considering relocating from interstate or overseas. Please speak to the enquiries person of the role on offer to find out more.

**About Us**

The **Women’s & Children’s Health Network** is the state’s leading provider of best practice health care for women, babies, children and young people across South Australia. We offer:

- specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions
- state of the art maternity and obstetric care services
- community based services reaching hundreds of thousands of babies, children and young people, their families and communities across SA
- specialist programs including Mental Health, Child & Family Health services, Youth and Aboriginal Health services.

Join our patient centred team and contribute to providing South Australia’s women, babies, children and young people with the best health care through both within our hospital or via our many and varied community services and programs.

Our values of Compassion, Respect, Equity, Accountability and working Together for Excellence or CREATE Together represent who we are as a Network.

**Want to know more about WCHN opportunities?** Click Here to discover how you can_ Realise your Potential _and join one of the many teams at the Women’s and Children’s Network to make positive change in our community.

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