Aboriginal Youth Engagement Specialist

3 days ago


Adelaide, South Australia Department for Child Protection Full time
About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Aboriginal Youth Engagement Specialist to join our team on a full-time ongoing basis.

Job Description:

The Department for Child Protection is responsible for protecting children, young people, and their families in South Australia. This role will play a vital part in ensuring that Aboriginal children and young people receive the support they need to thrive.

The key responsibilities of this role include:

  • Promoting the rights of Aboriginal children and young people in Residential Care, ensuring they are consulted in decisions affecting them and their views are considered.
  • Ensuring practice is viewed through a cultural lens and connection to culture, family, and community remains a central focus.
  • Providing expert advice to Residential Care staff on resources and services to strengthen outcomes, safety, and wellbeing for Aboriginal children and young people.
  • Working with Aboriginal children and young people to empower them to access opportunities enabling interaction with required services and systems.
About You

To be successful in this role, you will have the ability to initiate opportunities and identify innovative ways to engage young people positively. You will also be able to analyze complex situations and make professional recommendations for long-term solutions.

Our ideal candidate will possess the skills and qualifications necessary to apply culturally sensitive child protection practice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and those from diverse backgrounds.

What We Offer

The Department for Child Protection offers a range of benefits, including:

  • Career progression tailored to your goals: we are a large organization with diverse opportunities across metropolitan Adelaide, regional, and remote South Australia.
  • Employee Assistance Program: confidential and independent counseling for employees and their families.
  • Strong commitment to learning and development.
  • Paid Parental and Partner Leave.
  • Free annual flu vaccination for staff.
  • Leave loading and salary packaging opportunities.
  • Access to Fitness Passport: a workplace health and fitness program giving you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.
Essential Qualifications and Skills

You must possess a degree-level qualification in Social Work which gives eligibility for full membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers.

A persons of Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent may apply for and be engaged/assigned to the role of Social Worker and will be entitled to apply for any Allied Health Professional roles requiring a qualification in Social Work within the Department for Child Protection.



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