Overview
Indigenous Health Workers assist with the coordination and provision of health care delivery to Indigenous communities.
Tasks
This occupation may include associated occupations with varying 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
Job Titles
- Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health Worker