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 Tangentyere Youth, Families and Community Safety (YFCS)
Division brings together a range of programs and services for young people.
This includes the Brown Street Youth Service, the Youth Development Service
providing afterhours programs to young people on Town Camps and out-of-school
hours services. The YFCS Division is increasingly working in an
integrated fashion, ensuring staff and programs work together to provide
holistic services for young people to achieve positive outcomes in education,
safety, and wellbeing. This means that all staff, including Senior Youth
Workers are working across programs to provide client and placed-based focused
services that are flexible and responsive to needs.
With services running seven days per week, and duringschool holidays, the Senior Youth Worker will supervise and provide a rangeof safe, fun, active, creative,and culturally appropriate activities and learningexperiences for children and young people on Town Camps and across our
other service areas. The YFCS Youth Worker will lead, support, evaluate and manage these activities.
Programs will be community-led, age appropriate (6-18 years) and gender specific when appropriate, with a strong
focus on mentoring and support for young people to encourage school attendance, and support
their personal, cultural, and vocational growth.
The Senior Youth Workers will also work alongside
other Town Camps, 3 Brown Street, and Community Safety teams to plan and deliver larger youth
activities and events. Either at Brown Street or around Alice Springs area. This role includes leadership/mentoring other
YFCS youth workers and staff. Providing direct supervision and direction during
shifts. As well as positive role modelling for young people.
The hours of work range
from 12pm to 9.30pm, Monday to Sunday. Flexibility around days and times will
be provided to the successful permanent candidate.
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
- ·Lead, deliver and evaluate age & gender
appropriate programs and community-led youth family and community development
initiatives (6-18 years old).
- ·Lead, support, coach, and mentor
Tangentyere Youth Workers to enable them to deliver quality services.
- ·Promotion of youth and community safety, education,
health, and wellbeing.
- ·Ensure compliance with statutory requirements
and YFCS policies and procedures.
- ·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
- ·Qualification and previous experience in Sport
and Recreation, Youth Work, Education, Social Work, Community Development, or
relevant area.
- ·Previous experience in working with youth at
risk – preferably with Aboriginal people and communities.
- ·Ability to planand deliver youth activities, learning experiences and
events.
- ·Ability to lead, support, coach, and mentor other
staff members.
- ·Good communication skills and ability to develop
rapport and support with young people, family members and key stakeholders
(internal and external).
- ·Current NT Drivers Licence, Ochre Card,
satisfactory Police Check, and proof of full (3) vaccination against COVID-19.
Desired
- ·Current First Aid Certificate, or ability and
willingness to attain.
- ·Previous experience working in Central Australia
or a remote context.
- ·An understanding of Aboriginal culture as well
as a broad range of contemporary issues affecting Central Australian Aboriginal
people.
