Position Summary
Tangentyere Council
Aboriginal Corporation (TCAC) is a community controlled Public Benevolent
Institution delivering human services and social enterprise activities for the
benefit of Aboriginal people from the Alice Springs Town Camps, urban Alice
Springs, and Central Australia.
The Family Violence Prevention (FVP)
Division includes a variety of programs including Tangentyere Family
Violence Prevention Program (FVPP) under which sits the Men’s Behaviour Change
Program (MBCP), Tangentyere Women’s Family Safety Group (TWFSG), Strong
Families Program, and Domestic Violence Specialist Children’s Service (DVSCS).
The Tangentyere Men’s Behaviour Change Program (TMBCP) works
towards the safety, wellbeing, human rights, and dignity of women, children,
and others affected by men’s use of violence. It incorporates Element Four of
the Northern Territory’s Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Reduction
Framework 2018–2028 — Safe, Respected and Free from Violence — and forms part
of the Territory’s ten-year plan to reduce the impact of domestic, family, and
sexual violence in our communities.
The Men’s Engagement Practitioner is a senior role within
the TMBCP, responsible for coordinating the Men’s Engagement Outreach stream,
including the Co-Responder follow-up model, participant case management and
aftercare, and co-coordination of the Tangentyere Men’s Family Safety Group
(TMFSG). The position ensures that men who use violence are engaged through
culturally safe, accountable, and trauma-informed approaches that promote
responsibility, healing, and behaviour change.
Working alongside the Men’s Behaviour Change Practitioners,
Women’s Safety Services of Central Australia (WoSSCA), and partner agencies,
this role contributes to an integrated, whole-of-community response that keeps
men in view, upholds partner safety, and strengthens Aboriginal-led pathways of
accountability and healing.
As part of your role, you will be
working with children, people with a disability and people who are vulnerable.
It is your obligation to always ensure their safety and report any concerns in
line with our duty of care obligations. We have zero tolerance when it comes to
abuse of any kind and will take disciplinary action, including and up to
termination of employment, should we determine that abuse has taken place or
there has been a failure to report any suspected or alleged abuse.
Responsibilities
- ·Ensure women and their children’s safety is a
core priority of Men’s Behaviour Change program through collaboration with
Women’s Safety Services of Central Australia (WoSSCA).
- ·Coordinate and action outreach responses under
the Co-Responder model and Men’s Behaviour Change Program (MBCP), ensuring
timely engagement with men following police call-outs and program referrals.
- ·Strengthen integrated responses through the
development of Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs), referral protocols, and
collaborative case management processes.
- ·Conduct intake, assessment, and ongoing
engagement with men in high-risk or complex circumstances to support
accountability and behavioural change.
- ·Facilitate TMFSG meetings, manage logistics, and
document actions and outcomes in accordance with organisational and funding
requirements.
- ·Coordinate and co-facilitate the Tangentyere
Men’s Family Safety Group (TMFSG) as a recognised cultural authority body that
provides guidance to the Men’s Behaviour Change Program (TMBCP).
- ·Provide structured mentoring, aftercare, and
outreach support to men participating in the TMBCP and Co-Responder pathways.
- ·Maintain accurate, timely, and confidential
documentation, including risk assessments and detailed case notes, in
accordance with legal, ethical, and organisational standards.
- ·Support the development of program manuals,
referral systems, digital workflows, and evaluation tools to ensure program
quality and consistency.
- ·Assist with achieving quality management
objectives across the organisation.
- ·Assist with achieving safeguarding objectives
across the organisation.
- ·Assist with achieving compliance objectives
across the organisation.
- ·Other reasonable duties as required.
Qualifications and Selection Criteria
Required
- ·Tertiary
qualification in Social Work, Psychology, Community Development, or related
discipline (or equivalent experience).
- ·Demonstrated
experience providing specialist support to Aboriginal men, families, and
communities.
- ·Strong
knowledge of DFV dynamics and the ability to exercise professional judgement on
risk and safety.
- ·Experience
in outreach engagement in high-risk contexts (e.g., police call-outs, prisons,
Town Camps).
- ·Skills
in program coordination, group facilitation, mentoring, and community
development.
- ·Ability
to contribute to program development, evaluation, and protocols.
- ·Capacity
to represent the organisation in interagency forums and provide specialist
advice.
- ·High-level
communication, advocacy, and cultural competency skills.
- ·Commitment
to trauma-informed, strengths-based practice prioritising women’s and
children’s safety.
Desirable
- ·An understanding of Aboriginal culture and a
broad range of contemporary issues affecting Central Australian Aboriginal
people.
- ·Current NT Drivers Licence, NT Working with
Children (Ochre) Card, satisfactory Police Check, and proof of full (3)
vaccination against COVID-19.
Desirable
- ·Lived
experience of men’s engagement or leadership within Aboriginal
communities.
- ·Program experience working with Aboriginal Men
in Central Australia.
- ·Demonstrated delivery skills in a family
violence program.
- ·Current First Aid Certificate, or ability and
willingness to attain.
- ·Experience
in program evaluation and sector advocacy.
