Aboriginal Mental Health

3 weeks ago


Hunter Valley, Australia Hunter New England Local Health District Full time

**This position is identified for Aboriginal people and exemption is claimed under 14d of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977. Aboriginal applicants must demonstrate Aboriginality in addition to addressing the selection criteria. For information on Confirmation of Aboriginality Requirements click **here**.**:

- **Do you want to learn to become a mental health professional and be part of a Deadly team? Committed to helping the local community access mental health services and work with the community to empower them to maintain their mental health and social emotional wellbeing**

**Employment Type**: Temporary Full Time until 30th June 2023 with contract renewed at the end of each year to Dec 2025 pending successful completion over a 3-year period.

**Position Classification**: Aboriginal Health Worker

**Remuneration**: $56,896 - $83,799 per annum + superannuation

**Hours Per Week**: 38

**Requisition ID**: REQ372792

**Aboriginal Mental Health (MH) & Social Emotional Wellbeing (SEWB) Professional Trainee**
**Hunter Valley Mental Health Service**

**Acknowledgement of Country**

Hunter New England Mental Health Services respectfully acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the custodians of the land in which our mental health facilities are located. We pay our respects to our Elders who are the knowledge holders of our culture and who keep our traditions, rituals, song lines alive. We respect the continuing connection to land, water and culture of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and its interconnectedness to social, emotional, physical, spiritual mental health and wellbeing. We acknowledge the many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities within our district, the staff who work with us and the Aboriginal services and organisations who partner with us to improve mental health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across our footprint. We ask all those that walk, work and live on traditional Aboriginal lands to be respectful of culture and traditions.

Yimamulinbinkaan Aboriginal mental health service & workforce are seeking applicants who are passionate about improving the mental health and social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their communities. You will be supported culturally and professionally by an Aboriginal Mental Health Manager, a non-Aboriginal Manger, an Aboriginal Clinical Leader, Clinicians and Aboriginal Mental Health workforce.

The position is based at Maitland, Hunter Valley Community Mental Health Centre.

**About the position**:
Do you want to learn to become a mental health professional and be part of a Deadly team? Committed to helping the local community access mental health services and work with the community to empower them to maintain their mental health and social emotional wellbeing.

This position is a 3-year traineeship and the contract will be renewed at the end of each year pending successful completion of all traineeship requirements via the matrix clinical and non-clinical workplace record.

This traineeship opportunity is designed to increase the Aboriginal Mental Health workforce and also enables to support a culturally safe and responsive mental health service to Aboriginal communities and organisations, whilst you undertake a 3-year degree through the Djurruwang Program, Bachelor of Health Science (Mental Health) Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, where your HECS fees are paid by us your employer pending pass grades.

This is a great opportunity to grow your skills and make a real difference by supporting the Aboriginal community of Maitland and surrounding nations.

You will also join a large Aboriginal workforce of 4.4% in mental health to help ensure our service meets our ‘our mental health and social and emotional wellbeing closing the Gap initiatives by providing responsive and culturally safe mental health care under a supervised, culturally competent and responsive training program.

The Aboriginal MH & SEWB professional trainee provides flexible, holistic and culturally sensitive health services to Aboriginal consumers and their families, community to achieve better mental health and social emotional wellbeing outcomes to improve access for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people under the Yimamulinbinkaan Aboriginal MHS & SEWB Workforce traineeship model of care while undertaking a three year degree in Bachelor in Health Science (Mental Health) Djirruwang Program.

The NSW Aboriginal Mental Health Workforce Traineeship program in partnership with HNEMHS is designed to increase the Aboriginal mental health workforce and meet the Ministry's target of employing one Aboriginal mental health professional per 1000 of Aboriginal population, whilst improving culturally appropriate mental health services to the Aboriginal community and organisations.

Hunter New England Mental Health Services (HNEMHS) are committed to ‘Closing the Gap’ and improving the



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