Community Development Worker

Location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan

Job type: Not provided

Organisation: The Royal Women's Hospital

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Administration/Secretarial

Reference: 25757
- **Full time, ongoing role**:

- ** Parkville location, with multiple public transport options available**:

- ** $88,270.00 - $96,788.00 + salary packaging + super + 5 weeks annual leave**

The Royal Women’s Hospital is Australia’s first and largest tertiary hospital dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of women and newborns, offering specialised services within maternity, neonatal and women’s health. Our goal is to be the best place to work, learn and contribute, and to provide exceptional experiences for our patients and consumers.

**The Royal Women’s Hospital**

The Royal Women’s Hospital is Australia’s first and largest specialist hospital dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of newborns and women of all ages. To join the Women’s is to be instrumental in forging progress towards health equity for women from ground-breaking research through to the bedside delivery of multi-disciplinary clinical care.

Creating exceptional experiences is at the heart of everything we do for our patients, their families, and our people across our specialised services within maternity, neonatal and women’s health.

The Women’s is committed to improving health equity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, patients, children and families and we recognise the fundamental significance of cultural traditions, beliefs and connection to Country for the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We acknowledge the importance of kinship and family structures as a cohesive force that binds Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and we recognise their cultures, community connection, and self-determination as critical protective factors for wellbeing

**About Badjurr-Bulok Wilam**

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- Bulok-Wilam is dedicated to improving the health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, patients and their families. The unit is responsible for raising the profile of and promoting issues to do with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health within the hospital and the broader community. Badjurr Bulok Wilam is also responsible for working with hospital staff to increase cultural awareness and sensitivity of healthcare issues for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

**About the role**

The Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officer (AHLO) is responsible for providing support and advocacy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and their families receiving care at the Women’s. The AHLO has a key role in supporting the promotion of indigenous patients’ health issues across the organisation and in the community. This position will work closely with the award winning Baggarrook Yurrongi team which offers Caseload midwifery care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and babies, the Women’s Drug and Alcohol Service [WADS] who provide medical care, counselling and support to patients and babies with complex substance use and dependence related medical complexities and Social Work. In addition, this position will also work closely other members of multi-disciplinary teams across the hospital ensuring that we are providing high quality and culturally safe care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and their families aligned with our commitment to Closing the Gap.

A regular day will see you:

- Provide quality patient focused care and support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients, babies and their families as inpatients and outpatients in the Women’s
- Support multidisciplinary teams in the formulation of culturally safe, competent, evidence-based care including admission and discharge planning as well as culturally safe bereavement care, advocacy, community liaison and referral
- Assist patients and their families to navigate the health system, access practical needs, understand their treatment and medical terminology

**About you**

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You’ll bring with you:

- Is of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent and accepted by the Victorian Aboriginal community
- Have a demonstrated sound knowledge and understanding of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, society and kinship networks and their relevance to the provision of healthcare
- The ability to manage a demanding workload, and effectively prioritize tasks, seeking guidance and support as appropriate
- Demonstrated ability to work as a member of a team and ability to establish and maintain functional networks with a wide variety of health personnel and with other external service providers

**Our benefits**

At the Women’s you will enjoy a culture that is collaborative, supportive and passionate about learning. We have a str