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Aboriginal Youth Mentor
4 weeks ago
We are seeking an Aboriginal Youth Mentor to join our team at headspace Esperance. As a peer position, you will provide engagement to young people from a range of backgrounds, with a particular focus on Aboriginal young men.
Your role will involve incorporating your lived experience to raise awareness and promote help seeking and early intervention for physical health, social and emotional wellbeing, alcohol and other drug use, and vocational and educational support.
You will facilitate access to headspace services through practical means such as transport and assist in the increase of community awareness of mental health through psychoeducation on issues among Aboriginal young people, and their family and friends.
Key Responsibilities- Raise awareness and engagement of headspace Esperance through events, groups, and individual mentoring support to young people via in-reach, outreach, and centre-based activities.
- Advise on the development, implementation, and evaluation of a culturally and contextually appropriate Community Awareness Plan in which young people are the primary audience.
- Support the planning, development, and delivery of mental health literacy education sessions for young people, parents, families, and friends, sector, and community.
- Work with the Clinical Team to ensure that health promotion messages and activities relating to Aboriginal youth mental health are consistent, evidence-based, and speak to community.
- Participate in relevant community and centre-based events and activities such as headspace training activities, community events, promotional days/weeks, being Youth Week, Mental Health Week, Pride, headspace Day, R U OK Day, Pride, and Reconciliation Week, and other activities within the Community Plan and on an ad hoc basis.
- Demonstrates experience working with and engaging young people with mental health, alcohol and other drug, and other social issues.
- Demonstrates experience coordinating and facilitating youth programs, events, or activities within a community setting.
- Experience in the development of positive working relationships with stakeholders.
- Ability to problem solve and work creatively with young people.
- Demonstrates ability to work effectively in a team.
- Works to develop additional knowledge and skills.
- Uses various styles of communication to ensure that information being delivered is tailored to the audience.
- Ensures that communication is factual, accurate, and presented in a clear and concise manner.
- Conversant with relevant community-based mental health terminology.
- Demonstrates an understanding of organisational policies and processes and implements them appropriately.
- Demonstrated understanding of the challenges and experiences of young people from diverse backgrounds, including young people who are culturally and linguistically diverse and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
- Broad knowledge of the range of services available to young people in the local government, health, education, employment, and youth sectors.
- Competence regarding information technology, software packages, and willingness to be trained and implement the headspace data collection tool.
- Experience in the Not for Profit and/or public health sector.
- Experience in a Youth Organisation, coordinating programs, education sessions, and youth engagement and/or participation.
We offer a competitive salary, not-for-profit salary packaging, reducing your tax, discounts with a major health insurance provider, and access to a confidential and professional counselling service.
We are committed to providing a safe and supportive work environment and promoting progressive policies that prioritise the health, safety, and unique needs of our team.
We are an employer of choice and strive to be a workplace that celebrates diversity and promotes inclusivity.
