Employment Type: Part time Hours: 45.6 hours per fortnight Salary: $45.75 per hour Location: Mercy Hospital for Women Application: Please upload resume, cover letter and any relevant qualifications and other documentation as listed in the job ad Contact: Nirmala Abraham, ph 0482 122 920, email ****** Where there's life, there's Mercy.
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About the opportunity: The African Liaison & Family and Reproductive Rights Education Program, (FARREP) worker is to raise awareness amongst health professionals on female circumcision and develop best practice models for service provision to clients that have undergone or been exposed to female circumcision; to support African women and empower them and their families to negotiate the choices they make during their care; and to provide health promotion activities to potential service users in the community.
What you'll bring: Experience working with the African Community in a Community Development role Specialised knowledge of working with women who have experienced F.G.M.
A compassionate, flexible and positive approach to effective patient care and committed to assisting and supporting young African women and their families to navigate the Mercy Health Service system during their care requirements and promote health promotional activities to their communities.
You will also be required to provide evidence of, or in the process of obtaining: A current Police Record Check and Working with Children Check.
Proof of current influenza vaccination and other vaccination status consistent with public health orders.
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