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Safe House Carer

Level: 1.1 - 3.1

Salary: $28.69 - $37.35 per hour (plus casual loading for casual staff)

Hours/Employment Status: Casual & Permanent Part Time positions available.

The Tangentyere Safe House (Ndarndarinjika Safe Houses) provides short term crisis accommodation for Aboriginal children between the ages of 0-12 years old, including respite care. Working from a child centred approach the aim of the program is to ensure that young people are supported therapeutically through the safe provision of a physically, emotionally, and culturally appropriate family environment. The program recognises continued connection to family and culture as integral to a child’s identity and has cultural safety as a fundamental principle of its service provision.  

This position is responsible for the day-to-day support for Aboriginal children in our care, the primary focus of this role is to ensure the children are supported through a physically, emotionally, and culturally safe family environment.  Safe House Carers work on a roster system within a home care setting and are required to attend to all aspects of the house whilst on duty with a primary focus on the care and supervision of all children residing in our houses.

As part of your role, you will be working with children, people with a disability and people who are vulnerable. It is your obligation to always ensure their safety and report any concerns in line with our duty of care obligations. We have zero tolerance when it comes to abuse of any kind and will take disciplinary action, including and up to termination of employment, should we determine that abuse has taken place or there has been a failure to report any suspected or alleged abuse.

This position involves out of hours work including evenings and weekends.

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Closing date: Ongoing

A suitable candidate may be appointed prior to closing date.

Please see below for How to Apply and application requirements.

Youth & Community Safety Support Worker

*this is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander identified position*

Level: 2.1

Salary: $41.77 per hour including casual loading

Hours/Employment Status: Casual

The Tangentyere Youth and Community Safety (YCS) Division brings together a range of programs and services for young people. This includes the Brown Street and Child &Youth outreach Services. As well as our Night and Youth Patrol Service, including Looking After the Kids case management service.  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. 

With services running seven days per week, and during school holidays, the YCS Support Worker will support activities across all these program areas. Including assistance with safe, fun, active, creative, and culturally appropriate activities and learning experiences for children and young people on at 3 Brown Street. Providing support to our YCS Night Patrol as a driver or support person. Or supporting our Youth Outreach Service to conduct activities at Town Camps without a place-based Youth Service.

The Youth Support Worker will have an excellent knowledge of the Town Camp community and families and be a part of the broader Town Camp communities.  

The Youth Support Worker will work alongside a youth worker or patroller in delivering the program and activities.

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Closing date: Ongoing

A suitable candidate may be appointed prior to closing date.

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Youth Worker

Level: 3.1

Salary: $46.68 per hour including casual loading

Hours/Employment Status: Casual

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, Child, and Youth outreach Services as well as Night & Youth Patrols and the Looking after the kid's program 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 Youth Workers are working across program 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 YCS Youth Worker will 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 facilitate, support, and evaluate 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 YCS Youth Workers will directly report to the Team leaders and work alongside other YCS Youth Program teams, and Community Safety teams to plan and deliver larger youth activities and events. Either at Brown Street or around Alice Springs area and positive role modelling for young people. This role operates Tuesday to Saturday, after hours until 9:30pm during the week, and on Saturday’s hours vary. 

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Closing date: 12/03/2025

A suitable candidate may be appointed prior to closing date.

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CAYLUS Program Support Officer -Aboriginal Identified

*this is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander identified position*

Level: 4.1

Salary: $84,236 per annum/pro rata

Hours/Employment Status: Permanent Full Time or Permanent Part Time

The Central Australian Youth Link-Up Service (CAYLUS) is a division of Tangentyere Council Aboriginal Corporation (TCAC) - a community controlled Public Benevolent Institution delivering human services and social enterprise activities for the benefit of Aboriginal people from Alice Springs Town Camps, Urban Alice Springs, and Central Australia.

CAYLUS started as a petrol sniffing prevention project in November 2002, in response to widespread issues in the region at that time. While CAYLUS remains focussed on preventing sniffing, we also work to reduce the impact of other substance misuse by reducing their supply, harm, and demand across Central Australia through the delivery of youth services, training, remote rehabilitation outreach work, and various other targeted initiatives.

The Program Support Officer will welcome clients and stakeholders to our office and create a warm, friendly, organised, and tidy office environment. 

The Program Support Officer will provide efficient administration and program support for CAYLUS Managers and staff, raising purchase orders, organising meetings, catering, agendas, and meeting minutes, and following up on action items. 

The Program Support Officer will liaise directly with the CAYLUS Management team through regular meetings, and act as an initial point of contact for external agencies and stakeholders.

The Program Support Officer position is a flexible role which can be offered on a part time or full-time basis, with opportunities for professional development, training, or study, based on the interests of the suitable applicant.

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Closing date: 19/03/2025

A suitable candidate may be appointed prior to closing date.

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Men's Behaviour Change Group Facilitator

Level: 5.1

Salary: $96,368 per annum/pro rata

Hours/Employment Status: Permanent Full Time 

The Tangentyere Men’s Family Violence Prevention Program or “Marra’ka Mbarintja” (Talking straight to make change) aims to work towards the safety, well-being, human rights and dignity of women, children and others affected by men’s use of violence. It incorporates Element Four of the Northern Territory’s Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Reduction Framework 2018-2028 Safe, Respected and Free from Violence and is one of the five key components of the Northern Territory Government ten-year plan to reduce the impact of domestic, family, and sexual violence in our community. 

The MBCP offers a groupwork model and space for men who use violence and abuse in their intimate relationships. Our work with men is part of an integrated response, including contact with partners and ex-partners through Women’s Safety Services of Central Australia (WoSSCA).

MBCPs have three central aims: 

1. Increase the safety of women and
       children.

2. Monitor risk through an integrated
       response.

3. Support men to make change and stop
       using violence.

The successful candidate will be highly motivated with excellent communication skills and is committed to reducing violence against women and children in Central Australia. They will build relationships with men individually and in a group setting to support them in making nonviolent choices. They will engage with stakeholders as part of an integrated response MBCP to keep men in view and continually monitor risk.

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Closing date: 09/04/2025

A suitable candidate may be appointed prior to closing date.

Please see below for How to Apply and application requirements.

Men's Behaviour Change Group Facilitator - Female Identified

*this is a Female identified position*

Level: 5.1

Salary: $96,368 per annum/pro rata

Hours/Employment Status: Permanent Full Time 

The Tangentyere Men’s Family Violence Prevention Program or “Marra’ka Mbarintja” (Talking straight to make change) aims to work towards the safety, well-being, human rights and dignity of women, children and others affected by men’s use of violence. It incorporates Element Four of the Northern Territory’s Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Reduction Framework 2018-2028 Safe, Respected and Free from Violence and is one of the five key components of the Northern Territory Government ten-year plan to reduce the impact of domestic, family, and sexual violence in our community. 

The MBCP offers a groupwork model and space for men who use violence and abuse in their intimate relationships. Our work with men is part of an integrated response, including contact with partners and ex-partners through Women’s Safety Services of Central Australia (WoSSCA).

MBCPs have three central aims: 

1. Increase the safety of women and children

2. Monitor risk through an integrated
       response

3. Support men to make change and stop
       using violence

The successful candidate will be highly motivated with excellent communication skills and is committed to reducing violence against women and children in Central Australia. They will build relationships with men individually and in a group setting to support them in making nonviolent choices. They will engage with stakeholders as part of an integrated response MBCP to keep men in view and continually monitor risk.

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Closing date: 09/04/2025

A suitable candidate may be appointed prior to closing date.

Please see below for How to Apply and application requirements.

Carpenter

Level: 6.1

Salary: $105,284 per annum/pro rata

Hours/Employment Status: Permanent Full Time 

Tangentyere Constructions, a subsidiary of Tangentyere Council, is a professional building contractor. Tangentyere Constructions promotes self-determination and community control in the construction industry.

Tangentyere Constructions delivers property management, new construction work, and trade repairs and maintenance works to Alice Springs Town Camps and remote communities & outstations. Carpenters will be allocated by the General Manager to work on projects under the supervision of the Property Management Team Leader or one of the Constructions Supervisors.

This Carpenter will work under the supervision of the construction supervisors, and undertake various construction related activities including but not limited to tasks such as constructing and upgrading municipal residences and buildings, maintenance services including carrying out necessary minor general repairs.

This position is also expected to work autonomously or as part of a team, demonstrate sound judgement and decision making. The Carpenter must be a responsible person and have the capacity to instruct and supervise unskilled labourers in basic construction related tasks.

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Closing date: 16/04/2025

A suitable candidate may be appointed prior to closing date.

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Community Centre Coordinator - Trucking Yars & Morris Soak Community Centre

Level: 7.1

Salary: $113,867 per annum/pro rata

Hours/Employment Status: Permanent Part Time 

The Community Centres Division (CCD) provides innovative, unique, place-based programs support Aboriginal children (0-5 years), school age children (6-12 years), youth (12-18 years), families and kin to achieve positive outcomes in community safety, education, and wellbeing.  

Town Camp Community Centres function as a multi-purpose family resource. Operating from a strengths-based approach, each Centre aims to improve the health, social, environmental, and economic wellbeing of the community in a way that strengthens and respects culture. 

Each Centre provides services and programs for residents and visitors of nearby Town Camps, with particular focus on community safety, school engagement, training and employment opportunities, alcohol and other drug prevention and family and domestic violence.

The Community Centre Coordinators primary responsibility is to work closely with the Community Support Workers, Child and Family Centre Program Service Connector and community members in developing, implementing a wide range of community led programs and services that are tailored to the needs and wishes of the community.  

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Closing date: 09/04/2025

A suitable candidate may be appointed prior to closing date.

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Step Up! Program Lead/ Facilitator - Male Identified

*this is a male identified position*

Level: 6.1

Salary: $105,284 per annum/pro rata

Hours/Employment Status: Permanent Full Time 

Step Up! Respect aims to have conversations with young people about jealousy, controlling and violent behaviours, and risky and harmful sexual behaviours. Step Up! Respect will particularly focus on young people who are disengaged from school settings and who may miss out on any school-based programming. Step Up! Respect aims to have these conversations and deliver programming in positive and engaging ways by taking a strength-based approach to promote healthy relationships.

The successful candidate will have completed tertiary studies in Social Work, Youth Work, Community Development, or a related discipline, and/or have relevant experience working alongside young people. Having a strong understanding of DFSV is desirable, however training can be provided to the right candidate.

You will work as part of a team of the Tangentyere Family Violence Prevention program supporting the co-design of the Step up! Respect program this will include the co-design of group work content and the delivery of group programs to young people and their influential adults. Importantly, you will ensure the program is accessible, trauma informed and culturally safe, and is accepted by young people, families, and communities.

The successful candidate will be a highly motivated individual with excellent communication skills who is committed to reducing violence against women and children and supporting young people to engage in safe and respectful relationships.

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Closing date: 23/04/2025

A suitable candidate may be appointed prior to closing date.

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Bank Teller

Level: 5.1

Salary: $96,368 per annum/pro rata

Hours/Employment Status: Permanent Part Time 

The Bank teller’s day will be balanced between welcoming customers as they visit the Westpac Instore facility, identifying needs and referring customers onto the appropriate business partner. You can expect a typical day to include accurately and efficiently processing customer transactional banking needs. You will receive on-going support and training. 

Over time, you will confidently assist customers by helping them with their banking enquiries through proactively identifying opportunities. You will do this through asking the right questions and refer more complex solutions on to Westpac team of Personal Banking Advisors and Personal Bankers to deliver.

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Closing date: 16/04/2025

A suitable candidate may be appointed prior to closing date.

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