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Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health Worker
Medicine, Healthcare & Social Services
ANZSCO ID 4115
Summary
Indigenous Health Workers assist with the coordination and provision of health care delivery to Indigenous communities.
Employment Pathway
A certificate IV in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care is usually needed to work as an Indigenous Health Worker.
Top Skills Required
- Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times
- Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively
- Instructing - Teaching others how to do something
- Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do
- Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions
Key tasks
- Maintaining health records and statistics
- Acting as an advocate in the community they serve, and as a communicator and interpreter on behalf of clients and other health workers
- Providing clinical functions, such as case management and follow-up, independently or in consultation with other health care providers
- Providing health education to individual clients and staff in health facilities
- Providing cultural education to persons outside the cultural community and life skills education to the community they serve
- Providing counselling and referring clients to other health care providers where necessary
Facts about this occupation
17.4% Growth
75% Full-time Share
$1,590 Avg Pay/Wk
1,400 Workers
44 years Avg Age
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