Indigenous health workers help connect Indigenous people with health care services. Health care is growing in Victoria. Indigenous health workers are in demand.
What is an Indigenous health worker?
Indigenous health workers support Indigenous people with health care. In this role you may:
- provide health education and counselling
- connect people with services
- perform community advocacy or outreach
- maintain records.
You may work in a hospital or clinic, or in a government or community organisation.
Find out more about Indigenous health workers(opens in a new window) and these related jobs on the Victorian Skills Gateway(opens in a new window):
- aged or disabled carer(opens in a new window)
- disabilities services officer(opens in a new window)
- hospital orderly(opens in a new window)
- nursing support worker(opens in a new window)
- operating theatre technician(opens in a new window)
- personal care assistant(opens in a new window)
- sterilisation technician(opens in a new window)
- therapy aide(opens in a new window).
Related training courses
Search for related VET courses on the Victorian Skills Gateway(opens in a new window):
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health(opens in a new window)
- ageing support(opens in a new window)
- allied health(opens in a new window)
- disability support(opens in a new window)
- community services(opens in a new window)
- nursing(opens in a new window).
You may be eligible for government funding to help pay for your course.
Average salary
The average weekly earnings for Indigenous health workers in Australia is $1,590.
Resources to plan your next steps
Visit our health care industry profile(opens in a new window) to find out about:
- what it’s like to work in health care(opens in a new window), and some of the jobs you could do(opens in a new window)
- training and skills(opens in a new window) to work in the industry, and financial assistance(opens in a new window) to help pay for your course
- help getting a job(opens in a new window) in health care, and industry job forecasts(opens in a new window) for Victoria
- other free resources and advice(opens in a new window) to plan your training and career.
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