Aboriginal Child and Family Consultant

Posted: 17/11/2025

Closing Date: 26/11/2025

Salary: $81, $88,099.57

Job Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Offsite

Job Category: Healthcare & Medical

Who are we?

Sonder is an inclusive, not-for-profit organisation that has been providing better quality health and support services to the South Australian community since 1993. We support thousands of people each year to access services across seven key domains – Mental Health, Aboriginal Health, Alcohol and/or other Drugs, Employment, Community Health, Disability, and Homelessness

What benefits can we offer?

When you work with Sonder, you become part of the Sonder family and that provides you with a number of benefits such as:

• Salary (excluding super) paid above award and reviewed annually
• Flexible working arrangements
• Professional development allowance provided yearly
• Generous salary packaging options - increase your take home pay by 6-12%
• 17.5% Leave Loading
• Modern and welcoming office spaces
• Christmas Closure Bonus Leave (above annual leave entitlements)
• Training opportunities
• Meal & entertainment allowances
• Paid parental leave, and much more

Sonder are open to negotiating further benefits with the successful applicant to ensure an excellent working environment for you.

Hours: Full-time (1 FTE)

Contract: Ongoing

Location: ASEWB Centre, 307 South Terrace, Adelaide (temporarily at other Sonder sites during centre fit-out)

More Information & Position Description via this link:

About the Role:

Join our team as an Aboriginal Child and Family Support Consultant and make a real impact in the early years of a child's life. In this culturally grounded role, you'll provide safe, family-centred, and trauma-informed support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families. You'll help strengthen connections to culture, kinship, Country, and community while guiding families through health, social, and emotional wellbeing systems. Working within a multidisciplinary team, you'll contribute to holistic, culturally led care that empowers families and supports brighter, healthier futures.

Experience Requirements:

• Experience supporting Aboriginal children and families in community, health, or education settings.
• Experience working with families experiencing complex needs, including trauma and grief.
• Experience in advocacy, case coordination, or family support roles.
• Experience in out-reach, early childhood development, or parenting support is highly valued.
• Experience working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from regional and remote communities is highly desirable.

Qualification and Other Requirements:

• Skills, experience and knowledge working with Aboriginal children and families in mental health settings and broadly across the community services sector.
• Current or willing to obtain vaccinations for Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Polio, Hepatitis A & B, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Chickenpox and Tuberculosis.
• Current or willing to obtain a Working with Children's Check (WWCC)
• Current or willing to obtain Working with Vulnerable People Check.
• Current or willing to obtain a National Police Check (NPC)

How to apply:

Feel free to send any enquiries to

This position is an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Identified position and is exempt under the Equal Opportunity Act This position is only open to those who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent.

Advert Closing Date: Wednesday 26 November 2025

At Sonder, we strive to respond to all applicants. However, due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may only be able to contact those shortlisted for the role. Thank you for your understanding.