Home Visiting Nurses, Aboriginal Family Partnershi

 

Wellington Aboriginal Corporation Health Service
AUSTRALIAN NURSE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM (ANFPP)
(Funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing)
The ANFPP was launched by the Health Minister, Nicola Roxon in February 2008. The program is part of the 'Health@ Home Plus' package announced in the 2007/08 Budget which aims to provide support to Indigenous children aged 0-2 in targeted areas.
The ANFPP is based on the Nurse-Family Partnership model of home-visiting developed over the last 30 years by Professor David Olds, Director of the Prevention Research Center for Family and Child Health, University of Colorado, USA.
The ANFPP has established seven (7) sites across Australia which will provide support to pregnant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, and women pregnant with an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child until the child reaches 2 years of age.
Each home visiting team will be nurse-led and accompanied by a Family Partnership Worker, and will support up to 25 families. Teams will be supported in their role by the ANFPP Support Service who will provide training, professional development and ongoing support including clinical supervision.
Wellington Aboriginal Corporation Health Service (WACHS) has been selected to Auspice and implement the program targeting families based in Dubbo and Wellington in (??) ???? ????.
To support the role out of this program, WACHS are currently recruiting to the following full time positions;
HOME VISITING NURSES X 2 Positions (Non Clinical)
The ANFPP Home Visiting Nurses (R/N) are responsible for providing comprehensive community health nursing services to Indigenous women and their families identified for the ANFP Program in Dubbo and Wellington.
ABORIGINAL FAMILY PARTNERSHIP WORKERS X 2 Positions
Note: Aboriginality is a genuine occupational qualification for the Family Partnership Worker positions and is authorised under Section 14D of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977.
The Aboriginal Family Partnership Workers will work closely with the Home Visiting Nurses and the identified families in Dubbo and Wellington to ensure the effective operation of the home visits.
An attractive salary package will be negotiated with the successful applicants including the opportunity for salary packaging after the completion of a compulsory probation period.
Applicants are to contact Judy Townsend, ANFPP Nurse Supervisor on telephone (??) ???? ???? for an information package or for further information relating to the advertised positions.
It should be noted that due to compulsory training all positions will need to commence duties on Monday 18 January 2010. Applications close Friday 13 November 2009