Advanced Aboriginal & Torres Strait Health Worker (Identified)

Metro South Health; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Metro South Health is seeking an Advanced Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker - Mental Health to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people and families at the Southern Queensland Centre of Excellence for Child and Adolescent Wellbeing Services in Brisbane.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team to provide culturally safe mental health services, assist navigation of the care journey, and engage communities to strengthen access and wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Strong cultural knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander family structures, cultural practices, protocols and the social determinants of health.
• Ability to provide culturally responsive mental health support and advocate for the needs of consumers and their families.
• Effective communication, problem-solving and relationship-building skills, with the ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team.
• The ability to provide cultural guidance to colleagues and contribute to culturally safe service planning and delivery.

Responsibilities

• Empower children, young people and families through culturally responsive mental health support, education and outreach.
• Help consumers navigate their care journey, from intake and assessment to care planning and transitions.
• Build trusted connections with communities, health professionals and support services to improve access to care.
• Champion cultural safety by guiding colleagues and helping shape better mental health services.

Job description

Support stronger mental health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities!

Make a meaningful difference in the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people and families. Join our multidisciplinary team at the Southern Queensland Centre of Excellence to promote culturally safe mental health care, strengthen community connections and improve access to support that respects culture, identity and lived experience.

Your New Role

As an Advanced Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker - Mental Health, you will help children, young people and families access culturally safe, responsive mental health services through the Southern Queensland Centre of Excellence Child and Adolescent Wellbeing Service.

In This Role, You Will

• Empower children, young people and families through culturally responsive mental health support, education and outreach.
• Help consumers navigate their care journey, from intake and assessment to care planning and transitions.
• Build trusted connections with communities, health professionals and support services to improve access to care.
• Champion cultural safety by guiding colleagues and helping shape better mental health services.

This is an identified vacancy with a genuine occupational requirement for the position to be filled by a candidate indigenous to the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Community. Candidates not meeting this criteria will not be considered.

About You

You are a culturally knowledgeable and compassionate health worker who is passionate about improving mental health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people and families. You can build trusted relationships, advocate for culturally safe care and work collaboratively with consumers, families, communities and health professionals.

To Be Successful In This Role, You Will Demonstrate

• Strong cultural knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander family structures, cultural practices, protocols and the social determinants of health.
• The ability to provide culturally responsive mental health support and advocate for the needs of consumers and their families.
• Effective communication, problem-solving and relationship-building skills, with the ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team.
• The ability to provide cultural guidance to colleagues and contribute to culturally safe service planning and delivery.

What We Can Offer You

• We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

About Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services:

Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services provide inpatient, hospital-based and community mental health and community alcohol and drug services for all age groups across a number of campuses.

We embrace a forward looking, progressive approach and work collaboratively with all stakeholders in order to achieve expected outcomes. A clear and strong consumer and carer focus is promoted with our vision being to provide our community excellence in consumer centred, integrated care across the continuum of addiction (alcohol and drug) and mental health services.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are better together.

Occupational group Health - Health Service Support