Gambling Help Community Educator | Gambling Help Services | Cairns

Employment Term: Maximum Term to 31 December 2026 | Part‑time (15.2 hours per week)

Location: Cairns

Remuneration: $46.70 p/hr + Super + NFP Salary Packaging (save tax and increase your take home pay)

Applications Close: Applications will be reviewed as they are received and therefore may result in the role closing early if the right applicant is found.

Make a meaningful difference with UnitingCare Queensland

At UnitingCare we are leaders in crisis response, the protection of vulnerable people and children, financial resilience and family wellbeing. Our FaDS (Family and Disability Services) team works passionately across Queensland to make a meaningful difference in people's lives.

Your part in our UnitingCare team

The Gambling Help Service provides counselling and support to individuals, couples and families experiencing gambling-related harm.

As a Gambling Help Community Educator, you'll play a vital role working with clients and the community to provide education and information, focusing on empowerment and resilience outcomes for the client, family and community wellbeing. You'll work across communities to deliver engaging training and awareness programs that promote safer gambling practices and strengthen wellbeing outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

- Design and deliver community education and awareness programs focused on safe gambling and harm minimisation.
- Facilitate engaging workshops, presentations and training sessions for a diverse audience.
- Build robust relationships with community organisations, services and referral networks.
- Promote early intervention and improve awareness of gambling-related harm.
- Collect and maintain accurate program data, outcomes and case studies.




- Research emerging trends and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to improve community outcomes.

What you'll bring

- You’ll be an engaging communicator who enjoys connecting with people and empowering communities through education.
- A Certificate Level IV in Community Services or equivalent qualification.
- Experience developing and delivering training, education or community engagement programs.
- Demonstrated case management skills with a focus on outcomes, data and practice improvement.
- Strong relationship‑building and networking skills.
- The ability to work autonomously in a mobile, community‑based environment.
- Sound analytical, organisational and time management skills.
- Strong computer literacy, including Microsoft Office applications.
- A current Driver’s Licence and willingness to travel to meet community needs.
- A current Working with Children Check (Blue Card).
- ASIST training or willingness to complete the training.

What makes a difference for you?

- Flexible work arrangements to support work‑life balance
- NFP Salary Packaging: Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum. To learn more about this benefit watch the video via the following link: Salary Packaging Explained
- A recognition and rewards platform , providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers,



including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs
- 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme
- Diversity and inclusive leave , offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events
- Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference
- A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others

We'd love you to be part of our UnitingCare family

Joining our FaDS, team, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. The second‑largest Queensland employer, we’re a proud not-for-profit with more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, and have been leading by example for more than 100 years.

Child safe, Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:

- provide welcoming, safe and nurturing services for children
- implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services
- appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur
- abide by the Child Safe Standards and adhere to the Reportable Conduct Scheme

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simple – everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our

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