FVP - Supporting Healing for Families Community Engagement Officer - 5.1 PFT
Tangentyere Council Aboriginal Corporation · Alice Springs, Northern Territory, AU
Position Summary Tangentyere Council Aboriginal Corporation (TCAC) is an Aboriginal community-controlled organisation, providing services and running social...
Job description
Position Summary Tangentyere Council Aboriginal Corporation (TCAC) is an Aboriginal community-controlled organisation, providing services and running social enterprise activities for the benefit of Aboriginal people from the Alice Springs Town Camps, urban Alice Springs, and Central Australia. The Supporting Healing for Families (SHFF) Community Engagement Officer works alongside the SHFF Practitioner to support community awareness and education campaigns, support community events and group activities, and support individuals and families to access culturally appropriate services; bringing a community engagement and communications lens to the program’s work with Town Camp and urban Aboriginal communities in Mparntwe/Alice Springs. The four elements of the Mparntwe/Alice Springs SHFF healing service model will include: awareness and reducing stigma and shame relating to child sexual abuse and sexual assault through community-led education and public health campaigns. strengthening the capability of service providers and community members to recognise and respond to child sexual abuse and sexual assault in a culturally safe way. strengthening healing opportunities for individuals and...