New 319 community aged care jobs in the NT
Indigenous workers will now fill 319 jobs in the aged and community care sector, through changes to the Community Employment Development Projects (CDEP) program.
The Australian Government – through the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) – is funding these permanent part-time jobs.
These jobs comprise:
• 274 positions in Home and Community Care (HACC) Services; and
• 45 positions in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care services.
The new permanent part-time jobs in community aged care will make workers eligible for superannuation, ongoing certainty of employment and career progression.
These jobs include undertaking personal care and assistance, food preparation and delivery, transport and social support and general home care.
The Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, said the positions would provide much-needed care to elderly indigenous people living in Northern Territory communities.
More than 60 communities have been funded and include: Imanpa, Papunya, Tangentyere, Ti Tree, Docker River, Elliot Creek, Hermannsburg, Apatula, Alpurrurulam,Yuendumu, Galiwinku, Ramingining, Gunbalanya, Wadeye, Daguragu, Yirrakala and Maningrida.
In addition, training for the community aged care positions will be rolled out in partnership with the Northern Territory government’s Department of Health and Families from this month.
