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 Supporting Healing for Families (SHFF) Program is a collaborative initiative designed to support individuals, families and communities, impacted by child sexual abuse, through culturally informed healing practices. This initiative, based with the Tangentyere Family Violence Prevention Program team, supported by SNAICC, and in collaboration with local partners such as Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, focuses on raising community awareness, empowering community members, fostering cultural reconnection and both-ways support for healing and recovery.

The four elements of the Mparntwe/Alice Springs SHFF healing service model will include:

· Community awareness to address stigma and shame and to prevent child sexual abuse through community-led education and public health campaigns that enable communities to identify and respond to child sexual abuse and promote individual and collective healing.

· Empowering community members through community-developed leadership programs that enable women, men, and young people to lead campaigns to address stigma and shame and to prevent and respond to child sexual abuse and to promote collective healing.

· Reconnection and healing through culture to strengthen relationships and support structures within families and communities so that victims and survivors of child sexual abuse are secure and supported within their communities.

· Both-ways support for individual and family recovery through therapeutic practices and traditional cultural practices.

The SHFF Program aims to strengthen community resilience, support safe family environments, and align with Closing the Gap targets by embedding trauma-informed, culturally safe practices.

Responsibilities

· Co-design the Supporting Healing for Families (SHFF) Program with Aboriginal community leaders to inform the ongoing program design and delivery.

· Support access to culturally appropriate support for individuals, families and communities impacted by child sexual abuse including tailored therapeutic responses and collective healing camps.

· Coordinate community awareness initiatives to address stigma and shame of child sexual abuse through community-led education campaigns.

· Empower community members through community leadership with knowledge to prevent and respond to child sexual abuse.

· Coordinate the planning and delivery of support for individual and family recovery through therapeutic practices and traditional cultural practices.

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

· Prepare, collect, and disseminate data and reports for SNAICC and for evaluation purposes.

· 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

· Demonstrated experience in utilizing a trauma-informed care approach to working with individuals, families and communities impacted by domestic, family and/or sexual violence and/or child sexual abuse.

· Demonstrated experience working from a strength-based, culturally responsive and inclusive way with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals, families and communities.

· Demonstrated skills and experience in co-designing community-led education and awareness campaigns.

· Experience in supporting the co-design and delivery of culturally responsive activities and/or events.

· Strong community engagement skills in individual, family, and group settings.

· Excellent communication skills with the ability to positively engage with build relationships with clients, stakeholders and partners.

· The ability to engage with Central Australian Aboriginal people.

· Demonstrated strong administration skills including data basis and spreadsheets relevant to the program work. These include the Microsoft programs of outlook, word, excel.

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

Desirable

· Tertiary qualifications in social work, psychology, community development or related field and/or equivalent relevant experience.

· Specific experience working with people impacted by child sexual abuse.

· 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: 13/08/2025