Support Worker – Kununurra Withdrawal Intervention Centre (KWIC)

Support Worker Kununurra Withdrawal Intervention Centre (KWIC)

• Opportunity to work with one of Australia’s leading Indigenous organisations
• Live and work in the amazing Kimberley region
• Access to generous salary packaging benefits

Wunan Foundation is a leading Aboriginal development organisation based in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Its purpose is to ensure that Aboriginal people enjoy the capabilities and opportunities necessary to make positive choices that lead to independent, fulfilling lives.

Wunan Health’s Kununurra Withdrawal Intervention Centre is a new six bed Alcohol and other Drug withdrawal Program in Kununurra. Wunan Health, is seeking to recruit a team of support workers, supporting our Multi-Disciplinary Team to help support recovery from alcohol and other drugs. The centre is staffed 24 hours per day so we are ideally seeking applications from people who can be available to work across all shifts.

Key Duties:

To provide a safe, healthy and culturally secure environment for residents at Kununurra Withdrawal Intervention Centre (KWIC).

• Maintain a visible presence during working hours and provide support to residents
• 24-hour supervision and daily visual observations
• Support resident treatment plans, promoting pro-health choices with sleep, tobacco smoking, diet and other health matters
• Supervise activities, support the development of an evidence-based program and encourage residents to participate to the best of their ability
• Supervise residents with medication, maintain medication records
• Ensure the unit remains clean and tidy, contribute to any necessary preparation for new admissions including kitchen area, bedrooms and staff bathroom and bedroom facilities.
• Provide accurate handover to the KWIC team, verbally and in writing, at the end of each shift

Requirements of the role

Essential Criteria:

• A genuine passion for helping others through challenging times
• Previous experience within a service environment and empathy for people
• Strong interpersonal skills to negotiate, mediate and resolve conflict
• Ability to work in a team

Desirable criteria:

• Lived experience
• Training in or experience with alcohol and other drug services
• Aboriginal Australian
• A strong understanding of Indigenous people in general and/or the remote communities of the Kimberley.

Pre-employment requirements

• Satisfactory Criminal History Check (not older than 6 months)
• Current Australian unrestricted ‘C’ class Driver’s license
• Current CPR Certificate (or willingness to obtain)

For more information about this role, please contact receptionKWIC@wunanhealth.org.au or 9166 5770.

Please apply via SEEK or above email including in your application a cover letter addressing the selection criteria, a current resume and at least two referees (ideally including most recent supervisor).

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we encourage people from diverse backgrounds including people with disability, LGBTI+ people and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply. For more information regarding Wunan Health & Well-Being Centre please visit the website: https://wunanhealth.org.au/

NOTE: All final applicants for this position will be asked to consent to a criminal record check and/or a working with children check. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically barred from applying for this position. Each application will be considered on its merits.