Aboriginal Cultural Child and Family Support

**SA Health**

**Job reference**: 823024

**Location**: 5108 - SALISBURY

**Job status**: Ongoing

**Eligibility**: Open to Everyone
- **Women's and Children's Health Network, CaFHS Outer North - Child and Family Health Service - Salisbury**:

- **Salary - **Classification - ASO4 - Administrative Services Officer L4 - $74,315 to $77,901 (**In addition to the annual salary package, we also offer **salary sacrifice benefits**, employer superannuation contributions and leave loading.**:

- **Employment - Full time - Ongoing Permanent**
- A requirement of this role is that the applicant is Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander pursuant to an exemption under the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 (SA)._
- The role requires Aboriginal expertise, cultural knowledge and life experience. Applications for the position/s is/are therefore only open to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander applicants. _

**Overview**

The **Women's and Children's Health Network** provides state of the art health care for women and children in Adelaide and South Australia.

We are the state’s leading provider of specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions and SA’s largest maternity and obstetric service. We also provide important community-based services, of which the Child and Family Health Service is an integral part.

The Child and Family Health Service (CaFHS) is a free statewide service that supports parents and families of children from birth to five years of age, who live across metropolitan, regional and rural areas in South Australia.

With over 100 clinics across South Australia, CaFHS helps parents and families to understand their child’s health, development, and wellbeing needs, which can include breastfeeding, sleeping, settling, introducing solids, parenting and play and development. Each year, CaFHS provides over 75,000 family consultations via in clinic or at home appointments, telehealth (phone) or virtually.

South Australia records approximately 20,000 births each year and CaFHS offers an in-home initial 4 health and development check at 1 to 4 weeks of age, to support the infant and family’s health, wellbeing and development. Further health and development checks are offered at 6-8 weeks, 6-9 months, 18-24 months, 3 years and 4 to 5 years. For children with ongoing or complex needs, CaFHS can refer families to other healthcare and community service supports.

**The Opportunity**

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the CaFHS Outer North Team as an **Aboriginal Cultural Child and Family Support Consultant** on a full-time permanent basis.

As the Aboriginal Cultural Child and Family Support Consultant, you will work within a team setting to provide responsive and flexible child focused and family centred, home and community-based support services to Aboriginal families with children up to five years of age.

Additionally, as the Aboriginal Cultural Child and Family Support Consultant you will contribute to improving the health, development and well-being outcomes for Aboriginal children and families by providing culturally appropriate parenting support and supporting families to engage with health services within both CaFHS and the broader community, and through the provision of Aboriginal cultural consultancy and advice to team members.

**About You**

To be successful in this role, you will use your detailed knowledge of Aboriginal cultures including Aboriginal history, kinship systems and family structures, spirituality/religion, values and beliefs, behavioural expectations and family and community obligations and how this may create access barriers.

You will also need to utilise your ability to engage in a culturally sensitive manner with Aboriginal communities and your demonstrated skill and ability to intervene in crisis situations and assist families to develop problem solving skills.

If you have experience in successfully working with Aboriginal families (infants, children, and parents, including fathers) with complex issues then this role is for you.

To find out the specifics, including the **key selection criteria** and **special conditions**, please go to the attached role description.

**Benefits of Joining us**

Not only will you be able to use your skills and abilities in a both a challenging and rewarding role contributing to some of South Australia's most vulnerable women, babies, children and young people, but you will also receive and attractive annual salary package with employer superannuation contributions and leave loading as well as the opportunity to maximise your salary through salary sacrifice arrangements.

**Other Important Information**

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time.

Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

**Check(s)**
- DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact wit