About Us

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.

First incorporated in 1979, the organisation was a finalist in the 2016 Reconciliation Australia, Indigenous Governance Awards and is one of the 10 largest Aboriginal Corporations in Australia.

The Council offers 6 weeks Annual Leave and attractive Remote Area Salary Packaging.

The Opportunity

The Tangentyere Youth and Community Safety (YCS) 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 YCS 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 during school holidays, the Senior Youth Worker will supervise and provide a range of safe, fun, active, creative, and culturally appropriate activities and learning experiences for children and young people on Town Camps and across our other service areas. The YCS 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 YCS 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.

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 YCS 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 plan and 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.

How to Apply

Our organisation is committed to child safety. We have zero tolerance of child abuse. Our robust human resources, recruitment and vetting practices are strictly adhered to during the application and interviewing process. Applicants should be aware that we carry out working with children, police records and reference checks to ensure that we are recruiting the right people.

To apply for a position at Tangentyere Council Aboriginal Corporation please click Apply Now to complete the application.

A suitable candidate may be appointed prior to closing date.

A position description is attached.