About Us
Tangentyere Council Aboriginal Corporation (TCAC) is a community controlled Public Benevolent Institution delivering human services and social enterprise activities for the benefit of Aboriginal people from the Alice Springs Town Camps, urban Alice Springs, and Central Australia.

First incorporated in 1979, the organisation was a finalist in the 2016 Reconciliation Australia, Indigenous Governance Awards and is one of the 10 largest Aboriginal Corporations in Australia.

The Council offers 6 weeks Annual Leave and attractive Remote Area Salary Packaging.

The Opportunity
The Family Safety & Social Services (FS&SS) Division includes a variety of programs including Tangentyere Family Violence Prevention Program (FVPP) under which sits the Men’s Behaviour Change Program (MBCP), Domestic Violence Specialist Children’s Service (DVSCS), Strong Families Program and the Tangentyere Women’s Family Safety Group (TWFSG).

The Tangentyere Men’s Behaviour Change Program (MBCP) 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 successful candidate will be a highly motivated individual with excellent communication skills who is committed to reducing violence against women and children in Central Australia. The position will involve client work, staff supervision, stakeholder engagement and administrative elements to delivering a Men’s Behaviour Change Program (MBCP) that is culturally safe by individuals, families, and communities across the Alice Springs region. The position will include ongoing review of the service delivery model through a continuous improvement approach to ensure the program is delivering current evidence based practice relevant to the needs of families in Central Australia.

To successfully fill this role the Men’s Behaviour Change Program Manager will have completed tertiary studies in Social Work, Welfare Studies, Psychology, or a related discipline and have significant experience in all facets of Men’s Behaviour Change work. Experience in and an understanding of the Judiciary system along with training in the supervision of staff would be advantageous.

A key role of the position is to ensure program staff are delivering best practice across the elements of client work that includes client engagement at intake, assessment, partner contact, and group work.

Responsibilities

· Provide individual practice leadership, advice, mentoring and support to members of the Men’s Behaviour Change Program (MBCP).

o Facilitate supervision, critical reflection and other professional development activities as required.

· Work alongside Women’s Safety Services of Central Australia (WoSSCA) who support the MBCP Women’s Safety Worker and Jesuit Social Services who oversee data to deliver a MBCP that adheres to the Central Australian Minimum Standards for Men’s Behaviour Change Programs and contract requirements.

o Liaise with relevant organisations to support men to stop their use of violence and controlling behaviours and increase the safety of their partners/ex-partners, children, family, and community.

· Develop and implement protocols, policies, and procedures for the implementation of a MBCP in accordance with the Central Australian Minimum Standards for Men’s Behaviour Change Programs and consistent with the principles outlined within service agreements.

· Ensure the MBCP is a fully integrated component of the Northern Territory Governments Northern Territory’s Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Reduction Framework 2018-2028 Safe, Respected and Free from Violence.

· Develop and manage appropriate stakeholder relationships with local police, courts, and community corrections. This will include professional development activities to build the sectors knowledge and skills in engaging and working with men who perpetrate family violence

· Provide high quality ethical and professional judgement regarding risk and safety for women, children, and men attached to the MBCP.

o Conduct risk assessments and complete risk management plans for all men engaged in the program.

· Provide high quality intake assessment, group facilitation duties for referred and voluntary clients.

o Complete intake assessments.

o Co-facilitate Men’s Behaviour Change Groups.

o Maintain up to date documentation using relevant data bases including but not limited to case notes, group attendance, court reports, data recording, Women’s Safety Worker referrals.

· Assist with achieving quality management objectives across the organisation.

· Assist with achieving safeguarding objectives across the organisation.

· Assist with achieving compliance objectives across the organisation.

· Other reasonable duties as required.

Qualifications and Selection Criteria

Required

· Completed tertiary studies in Social Work, Welfare Studies, Psychology, or a related discipline with the capacity to mentor and support other Group Facilitators.

· Demonstrated strong program delivery skills in a family violence program.

· Demonstrated understanding of, and a commitment to, a gendered and intersectional analysis of men's use of family and domestic violence.

· Excellent communication skills and the ability positively to engage with men who have used violence in their intimate relationships and have been mandated to attend the MBCP.

· Demonstrated experience in group work and training delivery.

· Ability to ensure the recognised Central Australian Minimum Standards for Men’s Behaviour Change programs underpins MBCP delivery.

· Demonstrated ability to perform intake, assessment, and group facilitation to a high standard.

· The ability to engage with Central Australian Aboriginal people.

· Demonstrated strong administration skills.

· Current NT Drivers Licence, NT Working with Children (Ochre) Card, satisfactory Police Check, and proof of full (3) vaccination against COVID-19.

Desirable

· Professional experience in Men’s Behaviour Change Programs

· Program experience working with Aboriginal Men in Central Australia.

· Current First Aid Certificate, or ability and willingness to attain.

· An understanding of Aboriginal culture as well as a broad range of contemporary issues affecting Central Australian Aboriginal people.

How to Apply
Our organisation is committed to child safety. We have zero tolerance of child abuse. Our robust human resources, recruitment and vetting practices are strictly adhered to during the application and interviewing process. Applicants should be aware that we carry out working with children, police records and reference checks to ensure that we are recruiting the right people.

To apply, please go to https://www.tangentyere.org.au/work-with-us to lodge an application.

To be consider for this position, the application must include the following documents: Cover Letter, claims against the Selection Criteria and a Resume (including two nominated current referees). The application must also include a copy of a satisfactory Police Check, Ochre Card (WWC), and evidence of full COVID-19 vaccination (three doses consisting of two primary and one booster).

A suitable candidate may be appointed prior to closing date.

Closing Date: 06/08/2025