About Kather­ine West Health Board

Kather­ine West Health Board is a child-safe organ­i­sa­tion, com­mit­ted to child safe­ty and well­be­ing in accor­dance with the Nation­al Prin­ci­ples for Child Safe Organ­i­sa­tions. KWHB is striv­ing to ensure a sup­port­ive work­ing envi­ron­ment which places child safe­ty and well­be­ing at the fore­front of our ser­vice deliv­ery. We are com­mit­ted to embed­ding child safe­ty prac­tices through­out our organ­i­sa­tion and under­tak­ing con­tin­u­ous improve­ment to pri­ori­tise the safe­ty of all chil­dren who come into con­tact with our organ­i­sa­tion, staff, and services.

Estab­lished in 1998, Kather­ine West Health Board (KWHB) is an Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty Con­trolled organ­i­sa­tion that pro­vides a range of clin­i­cal, pre­ven­ta­tive and pub­lic health ser­vices to clients in the Kather­ine West Region of the North­ern Ter­ri­to­ry. With four major health care cen­tres and a range of satel­lite cen­tres, KWHB ser­vices an area over two times the size of Tas­ma­nia (162,000km²), help­ing to improve the health and well­be­ing of some of the most remote com­mu­ni­ties in Australia.

KWH­B’s vision acknowl­edges the dis­tinct and diverse iden­ti­ty of their peo­ple and com­mu­ni­ties, ensur­ing mem­ber com­mu­ni­ties are involved in the plan­ning, devel­op­ment and imple­men­ta­tion of their health pro­grams. Our holis­tic ser­vices are designed to pro­mote the phys­i­cal, men­tal, emo­tion­al and spir­i­tu­al well-being of the per­son and their community.

POSI­TION DESCRIP­TION

Kather­ine West Health Board (KWHB) is cur­rent­ly look­ing for a Heal­ing Spir­its Project Offi­cer to join their team for an oppor­tu­ni­ty in the Kather­ine West region in the NT. This posi­tion will be well suit­ed to some­one with expe­ri­ence in deliv­er­ing com­mu­ni­ty health pro­grams, prefer­ably in sui­cide pre­ven­tion or men­tal health. The role focus­es on direct com­mu­ni­ty engage­ment, con­duct­ing train­ing ses­sions, sup­port­ing the devel­op­ment of sui­cide pre­ven­tion resources, and con­tribut­ing to pol­i­cy devel­op­ment for region­al men­tal health ini­tia­tives. Your respon­si­bil­i­ties will include (but are not lim­it­ed to):

• Assist in con­duct­ing needs assess­ments, includ­ing lit­er­a­ture reviews and com­mu­ni­ty con­sul­ta­tions, to doc­u­ment cur­rent pro­grams and resources.
• Assist with the imple­men­ta­tion of the co-designed sui­cide pre­ven­tion inter­ven­tion plan through direct com­mu­ni­ty engagement.
• Assist with the deliv­ery of Social and Emo­tion­al Well­be­ing (SEWB) edu­ca­tion ses­sions, includ­ing Abo­rig­i­nal Men­tal Health First Aid, trau­ma train­ing, and Dead­ly Think­ing Youth, across sev­en KWHB communities.
• Work Col­lab­o­ra­tive­ly with oth­er pro­grams such as Social and Emo­tion­al Well­be­ing, Alco­hol and Oth­er Drugs and the Health Pro­mo­tion team.

In return for your hard work and ded­i­ca­tion, the suc­cess­ful can­di­date will enjoy an attrac­tive remu­ner­a­tion AO3 — AO4, (nego­tiable based on your skills and expe­ri­ence) PLUS super and a range of ben­e­fits, including: 

• Salary sac­ri­fic­ing.
• 6 weeks annu­al leave.
• Dai­ly trav­el allowance when away from Katherine.
• Fan­tas­tic pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment & ongo­ing training.
• Flex­i­ble work and leave options.
• Relo­ca­tion assis­tance.

Progress at your own pace with our online learn­ing sys­tem and encour­aged pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment opportunities. 

To Apply please click here: https://​kwhb​.apply​now​.net​.au/j…

Kather­ine West Health Board is a child-safe organ­i­sa­tion, com­mit­ted to child safe­ty and well­be­ing in accor­dance with the Nation­al Prin­ci­ples for Child Safe Organ­i­sa­tions. KWHB is striv­ing to ensure a sup­port­ive work­ing envi­ron­ment which places child safe­ty and well­be­ing at the fore­front of our ser­vice deliv­ery. We are com­mit­ted to embed­ding child safe­ty prac­tices through­out our organ­i­sa­tion and under­tak­ing con­tin­u­ous improve­ment to pri­ori­tise the safe­ty of all chil­dren who come into con­tact with our organ­i­sa­tion, staff, and services.

This is an excel­lent oppor­tu­ni­ty to devel­op your skills, advance your career and enhance your cul­tur­al knowl­edge whilst mak­ing a pos­i­tive difference.