Gambling Help Community Educator

Gambling Help Community Educator | Gambling Help Services | Rockhampton

• Employment Term: Full-time, maximum term until 30 September 2026
• Location: Rockhampton
• Remuneration: From $88k + Super + NFP salary packaging of up to $15,900 + $2,650 for meals & entertainment

Make a meaningful difference with UnitingCare Community

At UnitingCare we are leaders in crisis response, the protection of vulnerable people and children, financial resilience and family wellbeing. Our FaDS (Family and Disability Services) team work passionately across Queensland to make a meaningful difference in people's lives.

As a Gambling Help Community Educator you'll be encouraged to grow, develop and feel empowered to make the everyday easier for the people we care so passionately about.  Let's make a meaningful difference, together

Your part in our UnitingCare Community team

We are currently seeking to appoint a Gambling Help Community Educator to work as a part of our Gambling Help Service based in Rockhampton supporting the Central Queensland region.

This position is max term until 30 September 2026 with consideration given to part-time or full-time hours.

This role will provide community training and information with a focus of empowerment and resilience outcomes for client, family and community wellbeing within the Central Queensland region.

What makes a difference for us?

You will need experience and confidence in developing and facilitating tailored community education programs and activities for safe gambling, with a focus on empowerment and resilience building by providing strategies and awareness of current needs and issues which facilitate early intervention outcomes.

In addition to the above you will also be required to have:

• Minimum Certificate IV in Community Services or Equivalent
• High level of computing skills, with demonstrated knowledge and experience in the creation of workshops and presentations
• demonstrated knowledge and experience in the creation and delivery of workshops and presentations in a variety of settings such as Health, Community, Correctional and Educational Departments.
• Ability to quickly establish sound and trusting working relationships with a variety of internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to manage and prioritise a variety of complex tasks concurrently with minimal supervision
• Current QLD drivers' licence
• Suitability Card for Child Related Employment (Blue Card)

What makes a difference for you?

• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance
• NFP Salary Packaging: Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum. To learn more about this benefit watch the video via the following link: Salary Packaging Explained
• A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs
• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme
• Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events
• Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference
• A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others

We'd love you to be part of our UnitingCare family

Joining our FaDS, team, you'll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. The second-largest Queensland employer, we're a proud not-for-profit with more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen's Hospital, and St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital, and have been leading by example for more than 100 years.

Child safe, Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:

• provide welcoming, safe and nurturing services for children
• implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services
• appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simple – everybody is welcome here.  At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.

Safe workplace

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.