Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander Cultural Support Coordinator- Max Term

**Job no**: 504565
**Employment type**: Full Time
**Location**: Logan
**Categories**: Child, Youth & Family
- **Competitive base salary + 11.5% super**:

- **Up to $15,900 annual salary sacrifice+ $2600 annual meal & entertainment card**:

- **Monthly rostered day off**

**About the Organisation**

Every day, Life Without Barriers provides support and care to children and young people, as we work collaboratively with families, carers, and communities, to ensure they have the environment they deserve to grow. With a focus on ensuring safety and respect, this is an opportunity to make a positive and meaningful difference in these young lives and help pave a brighter future.

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

**About the role**

The purpose of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Cultural Support Coordinator is to support the development and delivery of cultural support plans for Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Island children and young people in Out of Home Care and establish and maintain relationships between Life Without Barriers and local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities.

**This 6 month-Max-term full-time position** provides flexibility, allowing for both office Springwood or Robina as well as home-based work arrangements, facilitating a harmonious work-life balance.
- **_Life Without Barriers considers that being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent is a genuine occupational requirement as outlined in section 25 of the Anti-Discrimination Act (1991) and permitted as a 'special measure' under section 8 of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) and by articles 1(4) and 2(2) of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination._**

**Key Responsibilities**
- Assist in the development and delivery of cultural support plans for children and young people in out-of-home care, in partnership with children and young people, and a multidisciplinary team.
- Work with the other relevant stakeholders to ensure that the C&YP identified goals within their cultural support plan are implemented.
- Ensure that any risk with implementing or delivering goals are communicated with appropriate manager.
- Proactively work to ensure that LWB achieve 100% compliance with cultural support plans.
- If required, develop, deliver and support Cultural Awareness programs, activities and other training
- Promote, support and monitor LWB’s compliance with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Placement Principles and related standards.
- Support and promote engagement with local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities and community groups.
- Develop, promote and maintain linkages with state-wide and national specialist and peak Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander bodies.
- If required, provide cultural advice around best practice in working with Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander children, young people and families to staff

**Skills & Experience**
- Demonstrated ability to work with individuals, families and communities from a strength-based, culturally appropriate perspective.
- Demonstrated experience in managing competing priorities and to deliver high quality outcomes within agreed timeframes
- Ability to work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders including peers, employees, external organisations, funding bodies and government agencies.
- Strong verbal communication skills and presentation ability.
- Demonstrated written communication skills for the creation of reports, correspondence and other material
- Proficient ability in the use of the Microsoft Office suite of programs.
- Extensive knowledge of issues impacting on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities in contemporary society and a demonstrated ability to communicate effectively and sensitively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

**Essential Criteria**
- Must be of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander decent.
- Relevant tertiary qualification in Social Science, Community Development, Social Work or related discipline, and/or demonstrated knowledge and experience working with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities.

**Benefits**
- An attractive remuneration package will be offered to the successful applicant, including a mobile phone and laptop + non-for-profit tax reduction options.
- Onsite shared parking options.
- Supportive team env