Indigenous Mentor
Noarlunga Downs, Adelaide SA
Indigenous & Multicultural Services (Community Services & Development)
Full time
Indigenous Mentor: Transition to Work
Noarlunga
Full- Time
Are you interested in working with young people?
Are you looking for the next step in your career and want to have a positive impact?
The Role
As an Indigenous Mentor you will be responsible for providing effective support, mentoring and intervention to Indigenous clients that enables them to successfully participate in education and gain meaningful and sustainable employment. You will work with a number of key stakeholders to provide opportunities for Indigenous clients, taking into account their skills and abilities, as well as their community and cultural needs. In this position, you will also be required to provide on the job support to a youth participant, and assess and address the workplace support needs of each individual to ensure ongoing employment is maintained.
The role will be based at our Noarlunga and Aldinga Sites with the focus on supporting our Indigenous clients within the southern region, therefore a Drivers Licence is essential.
As the Indigenous Mentor you will be able to:
Engage and Support Indigenous clients in groups and one-on-one settings
Attract and maintain relationships with key community stakeholders, with a focus on employment
Establish and maintain links with associated and relevant Indigenous support agencies
Build and maintain a network of stakeholders to suit the needs of our Indigenous cohort
Provide individualised and personalised on-the-job support
Provide Indigenous cultural awareness coaching and mentoring sessions
Market and promote the Organisations clients and services
Why join Our Organisation?
Work Monday to Friday with weekends and Public Holidays off
Eighty9 Limited (ABN 88 485 417 134 / ACN 668 673 121) is a Company Limited by Guarantee (CLG) and, as the parent entity of Eighty9 Limited we are able to offer our employees salary sacrificing benefits, including Fringe Benefit Tax exempt payments of up to $15,900 per annum (Full-Time and Part-Time positions only)
Access to Employee Assistance Program
Competitive above award hourly rates
A two-week induction is provided, along with further training
About Us:
For more than 35 years, Eighty9 Limited has been a successful not for profit Organisation with its roots firmly established in South Australia and Western Australia. We have a long history of supporting disadvantaged people, including youth throughout the communities in which we work. We are very fortunate that our employees who bring their skills and expertise, also collectively share unity and purpose.
Our success has been achieved in the delivery of government funded employment and training programs, through our brand Status, and is supported by structures and systems that have national quality assurance recognition. We provide a work environment our staff are proud to recommend.
We invite you to visit our website at https://www.status.net.au/ttw/about-ttw/ for more information about the Transition to Work Program
How to apply
Please apply through the Apply link, and include a letter of application and resume addressed to:
Human Resource and Quality Assurance Officer
Job Description for the role is available at https://eighty9.org.au/work-with-us/
Confidential telephone inquiries are welcome to the Human Resources on (08) 8445 2931.
All final applicants for this position will be asked to provide a current National Police Clearance and Working with Children Check. Please note that people with a criminal record are not automatically barred from applying for this position, rather the relevance will be considered as it applies to our industry.
Status is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, LGBTIQ+ and people from non-English speaking backgrounds to apply.
