Title: Community Outreach Worker - Aboriginal Health Team
Lilydale, VIC, AU, 3140
COMMUNITY OUTREACH WORKER – ABORIGINAL HEALTH TEAM
- Full time with 5 weeks’ annual leave | Supportive team environment
- Based at Healesville | Work across Eastern Health | Be valued for what you do
- The Aboriginal Health Team provide holistic health and social services throughout the eastern and outer eastern suburbs
Eastern Health
Eastern Health is one of Melbourne’s largest public health services. We provide a range of emergency, surgical, medical and general healthcare services and have a proud history of serving a diverse community.
Our Healthier Together promise underpins our strategic plan – which is to serve the growing and changing needs of our community and to care about and develop our staff. We believe our people make the difference.
About the role
The Aboriginal Health Team is a community-based health service located in Healesville available for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their families living anywhere in Eastern Health’s catchment. The service adopts a holistic approach in line with cultural best-practice, and provides a broad range of services which are available both on-site in Healesville and through home visits and outreach.
About you
To be successful in this role you will possess:
- Relevant community services qualification
- Ability to communicate and build connections with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- Well developed interpersonal skills, including an ability to communicate effectively with other staff, agencies and community
- Ability to practice both autonomously and collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Ability to maintain records of tasks and activities taken on a daily basis
- A strong commitment to high quality care
- The ability to work as part of a diverse team
- Excellent communication and organisational skills
Vaccination against infectious disease is a mandatory requirement of this role. An offer of employment is conditional on you providing evidence that you are currently vaccinated against COVID-19 with booster & Influenza, prior to commencing employment.
What we offer
Eastern Health offers a variety of fantastic Employee Benefits, view the extensive range here!
- Diverse and engaging career opportunities
- Friendly & supportive team
- Flexible working hours
- Salary packaging options
- Career progression in our teaching hospitals
Next Steps
Apply online if you feel we are a good match, you have the skills and qualities to make a difference, and are eligible to work in Australia.
We review all applications when we receive them, and we notify unsuccessful candidates.
If you are shortlisted, we will be in touch to arrange an interview, and you must complete a National Police Check (which we will pay for). We will notify unsuccessful candidates.
Good to know:
- We are an equal opportunity employer and actively promote equality for people of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and for people living with disability – within the communities we serve and our Eastern Health team.
- We provide a culturally safe and welcoming environment for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander employees.
- As a child-safe organisation, we ensure child safety and wellbeing is embedded in our everyday culture.
- Vaccination and screening for immunity to vaccine-preventable disease is a mandatory requirement of this role.
- Advertising may end before the closing date.
- We do not accept recruitment agency application
Please click here for Position Description
Contact Person: Sarah Gales
Contact Number: 59571100
Contact Email: sarah.gales@easternhealth.org.au
Job Posting End Date: 08.12.2024
Need help submitting your application?
Just contact the Hiring Manager in the advertisement or call the Talent Acquisition Team on (03) 9955 7555 (Option 1) or Aboriginal.Workforce@easternhealth.org.au
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