Principal Aboriginal Consultant

4 weeks ago

Mount Barker, Australia SA Government -DEPARTMENT FOR CHILD PROTECTION Full time

**Department for Child Protection**

**Job reference**: 560134

**Location**: 5251 - MOUNT BARKER

**Job status**: Short Term Contract

**Eligibility**: Open to Everyone

**_Please disregard the 'Open to Everyone', this position is only open to applicants of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent only pursuant to Section 56 (2) of the Equal Opportunity Act, 1984_**

**Role Status**: Full-Time Term Vacancy until 28 June 2024
**Remuneration**: AHP4 ($112,625 - $122,610 per annum) + 11% Super

**Role details**

The Department for Child Protection is seeking a **Principal Aboriginal Consultant** to join the Mount Barker office on a full-time term basis.

The role is responsible for:

- Working in partnership with the Practice Leader to provide local leadership to embed and operationalise the Practice Approach and the Aboriginal Child Placement Principle.
- Sharing expert social work and cultural knowledge and driving practice excellence to achieve improved outcomes for Aboriginal children and young people, their families and carers.
- Identifying skill and knowledge gaps amongst Office staff and facilitating training or other development activities.
- Facilitating cultural wellbeing/support meetings with Aboriginal staff within the office/region to identify cultural practice themes and issues.

**About You**

To be successful in this role, you will have comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the political, historical and socio-economic circumstances that have affected Aboriginal people, their culture and communities, as well as current trends and critical and emerging issues.

You will have experience in a social work or case management capacity working directly with children and families, where issues of welfare, protection, safety and family support formed a central component.

You will also have a clear understanding of the range of issues and systems affecting Aboriginal children and young people requiring care and protection, including their families and carers.

**About the Business**

The Department for Child Protection (DCP) plays a key role in the protection of children, young people and their families within South Australia. The department provides support to vulnerable children and young people to be safe, strong and connected.

**Special Conditions**

**Essential Qualifications**: A degree level qualification in Social Work which gives eligibility for full membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers

To find out more about this role, including the **key selection criteria** and **special conditions**, please click on the attached role description.

To **apply** for this role, please click the 'apply' button to be re-directed to the DCP Career Portal.

**Applications close**: 20/11/2023 11:00 PM

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