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Women’s and Children’s Health Network
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Acknowledgement
The Women’s and Children’s Health Network acknowledges Aboriginal people as the First Peoples and Traditional Custodians of Country throughout South Australia. We acknowledge and respect their ongoing and deep spiritual connection and relationship to land, air, sea, waters, community and country. We pay our respect to their Elders past, present and emerging.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this website may contain images, voices and names of people who have passed away.

Aboriginal Employment and Engagement

WCHN is committed to increasing the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workforce through the implementation of the WCHN Aboriginal Workforce Strategy 2026: Discovering Potential, Growing Together and the Aboriginal Workforce Action Plan 2026.

Aboriginal employment and engagement

Our Network is committed to increasing the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workforce through the development and implementation of the WCHN Aboriginal Workforce Strategy 2026: Discovering Potential, Growing Together and the Aboriginal Workforce Action Plan 2026. You can view our Plan here.

We recognise the disadvantage suffered by Aboriginal peoples within Australia and the research which substantiates that Aboriginal people suffer lower outcomes relating to health, education and employment across Australia.

We are committed to reducing the gap and creating equity in the selection process to acknowledge such disadvantage. Our aim is to ensure that Aboriginal people including women, babies, children, young people and their families and communities have the right to access health care services in a safe and nurturing environment where their culture, community, spiritual identity and traditional ownership of the land is supported and respected by the people who will care for them.

To achieve better employment outcomes for Aboriginal people, we actively use the SA Public Sector Aboriginal Employment Register to access Aboriginal people who may be interested in working with us. If you are interested, and have registered on this register, please feel free to contact us. If you are not registered, click the link above and follow the instructions provided.

Please speak to our Aboriginal Workforce Strategist on (08) 8161 8574 to have a chat about opportunities.

Want to know more about how the WCHN supports Aboriginal women, children, young people, their families and communities?

WCHN is committed to improving health outcomes for Aboriginal women, children and families. We provide our staff with learning and development opportunities in Aboriginal culture, to help build culturally appropriate, relevant and accessible services.

Please feel free to check out all of our initiatives and services on our Aboriginal Health page.

How do we back this up?

Within our network, we have a Reconciliation Action Plan which outlines what we stand for and what we are going to do to achieve a reconciled community. We would encourage you to review the plan if you are interested in working with us.

You may also wish to hear from Marnie, one of our dedicated Aboriginal employees about working with the Women’s and Children’s Health Network.

Interested in the roles we currently have available?

We regularly advertise roles specifically for Aboriginal people to apply, or positions where you work closely with Aboriginal people, families and their communities. Click here for any roles that are currently available and you can apply directly.

SA Health Aboriginal Employment Pool

In addition to the whole of Public Sector Aboriginal Employment Register, SA Health has established an Aboriginal Employment Pool to help strengthen its Aboriginal workforce. It is designed to provide you with an opportunity to put yourself forward to be considered for roles that may become available across SA Health. SA Health have established this pool in an effort to support Aboriginal people into employment within the South Australian health sector.

The Aboriginal Employment Pool is only open to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. If you are interested in working at SA Health and improving outcomes for Aboriginal people, please consider applying.

The Women’s and Children’s Health Network is committed to using this pool to fill its vacancies where possible and therefore we would encourage you to complete an application and be part of this initiative. This enables us, as well as other Local Health Networks and other parts of SA Health to access your application and consider you for employment with us.

If you have any queries, please contact our Aboriginal Workforce team on Health.AboriginalWorkforceNetwork@sa.gov.au or check out the Fact Sheet which has all the information you need.

Or apply here!