Culture Care Connect After Care Worker

Posted: 27/09/2024

Closing Date: 14/10/2024

**Salary**: $84,879.19 - $84,879.19

**Job Type**: Fixed-Term Contract

Location: Wakefield St, Adelaide

Job Category: Community Services and Development
- This is a full-time fixed-term role until 31/07/2025._

**About Nunkuwarrin Yunti**:
Nunkuwarrin Yunti, the foremost Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation in Adelaide aims to promote and deliver improvement in the health and wellbeing of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their families in the greater metropolitan areas of Adelaide and regional areas to advance their social, cultural and economic status. The Organisation places a strong focus on a client centered approach to the delivery of services and a collaborative working culture to achieve the best possible outcomes for clients.

Nunkuwarrin Yunti is a Child Safe Organisation.

**About the Team**:
The Culture Care Connect team, aim to improve access to culturally safe and comprehensive care and support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people at risk of suicide, their families and communities through establishing and coordinating a community-controlled suicide prevention network and aftercare service that will raise awareness of suicide as a significant health issue and reduce the barriers to accessing services and supports across Metropolitan Adelaide.

**About the Role**:
The primary role of the Culture Care Connect After Care Worker is to but not limited:

- Provide aftercare services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals who have been referred following a suicide attempt suicidal crisis in line with agreed Service delivery model.
- Provide advocacy services that support and encourage clients to access a range of social health and welfare services, which include other Nunkuwarrin Yunti programs and external agencies.
- Develop and maintain an extensive range of social support networks to assist with accessible and equitable pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families seeking appropriate services.
- Provide inclusive, client driven case management (short and longer term) for people with complex and/or multiple social health needs.
- Ensure strong linkages and brokerage activities are undertaken with internal and external services related to key performance outcomes of the program.
- Work in partnership with counsellors, psychologists, social workers and clients within a social and emotional well-being casework framework.
- Provide education/awareness presentations to families and the wider community as required.
- Promotion of the service through networking, education and presentations to ensure the continued visibility of the service and ongoing referrals from other agencies.
- Additional periodic or ongoing activities that may arise during the tenure of the role to meet client needs or otherwise as requested of the team manager.

**Desired Skills and Experience**:
**Selection Criteria**:
**Essential**:

- A Minimum of Certificate IV recognised and relevant qualification (i.e. Community Services, Social & Emotional Well Being, Social Work, Mental Health or similar).
- Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of social and emotional well-being issues affecting Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people in an urban setting.
- Understanding of methods and strategies to build the capacity of local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and service providers to care for and respond to social disadvantage, including suicides and traumatic incidents in their community.
- Experience in working with Aboriginal people and/or communities.
- Experience in working in a primary health care service, community setting or human services organisation.
- Experience in providing effective and well-informed advice, assessment, advocacy, liaison and referral to community services.
- Proven well developed written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with clients, colleagues and external agencies.
- Ability to liaise, network and negotiate with a range of human service organisations and government agencies.
- Ability to deal with people with high and complex needs and the ability to deal with conflict constructively.
- Demonstrated experience in managing a diverse range of tasks and competing priorities, working with mínimal supervision and working as a member of a team.
- Competent in the use of information and communication technology including MS Office.

**Desirable**:

- HLT40113- Certificate IV in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Cars or equivalent training and/or experience
- Mental Health qualifications and/or experience
- An understanding of the principles of Social Justice and Community Development.
- An understanding of culturally sensitive practices.
- An understanding of the legal implications of client work.

**_Please note, a satisfactory National Crime Check, Working With Children Check, Covid-19 Vaccination Certif