Applications close 1 November
This role supports the activities of the Seniors Legal and Support Service (SLASS) which provides case managed legal assistance and social supports and community engagement activities across the Greater Brisbane Region to assist older people experiencing or at risk of experiencing elder abuse.
This is a specialist role performed mainly in the Logan-Beaudesert area and focused on liaising and engaging with older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, their communities and organisations who support them.
We are seeking to interview and appoint swiftly and would encourage suitable and interested applicants to apply as soon as possible.
Key accountabilities
- Identify, engage, consult and collaborate with key Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations, groups, and networks, as well as health, aged care and community providers in the Logan-Beaudesert area
- Provide information, referrals, and case managed legal or social supports/advocacy to older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individual community members and their communities as part of the Seniors Legal and Support Service
- Identify emerging issues associated with preventing and responding to older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people at risk of or experiencing elder abuse
- Participate in the development and implementation of appropriate strategies to enhance access to the Seniors Legal and Support Service and ensure its services/activities are delivered in a culturally appropriate manner
- Contribute to the development of resources and deliver training/community engagement activities to raise awareness of elder abuse in First Nations communities and to give older First Nations people opportunities to be consulted on and guide the design and delivery of services that will address elder abuse in their communities
- Contribute to Caxton’s First Nations Plan and its activities and with other First Nations staff and volunteers, help to ensure that Caxton is culturally sensitive, safe, and welcoming to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities.
Essential requirements
It is a genuine occupational requirement that this position be filled by an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person as permitted by and arguable under Section 25, 104 and 105 of the Anti-Discrimination Act (1991). Applicants must be able to demonstrate that they:
- Are of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent; and
- Identify as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person; and
- Are accepted as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community in which they live; and
- Possess knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and history.
To allow confirmation of eligibility to be considered for this role, the successful applicant will be required to assert their status in writing and also nominate a referee who is an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander who can confirm their status.
Other requirements of the role include:
- A demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and communicate effectively with and within First Nations communities, to achieve defined outcomes
- Completed studies in law, social work, social sciences, health, aged care or community engagement is not mandatory but highly desirable
- A drivers licence is required. However, reasonable adjustment will be considered.
- A criminal history check, and a Working with Vulnerable People / Blue Card check will be undertaken for this position on the recommended applicant/s due to the nature of the work involved.
- Depending on health laws and regulations, vaccinations can be mandatory in order to work with vulnerable clients and/or be in the workplace. For example, some clients are inpatients in a health facility or live in residential age care facilities which at times are required by law/regulation to ensure visitors are vaccinated and wear personal protective equipment.