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I'm a UK Pod student - very close to graduation - and I'm interested to find out more regarding working in AU, but specifically with Aboriginal health programs, or rural work where you might have a lot of involvement with aboriginal communities. My interests focus on prevention of disability, but I'm particularly interested in the problems faced by specific communities with specialized problems. From the research I've read, working with aboriginal communities is exactly the kind of thing I'd be interested in doing.
I've been trying to find out about how you might access such roles, I've emailed a few organisations, but I figured it would not hurt to query on PodA also.
My main question is; would a recent grad would be eligible for such work, given that some aspects are likely to be very demanding? Do such roles usually require prior experience of working with aboriginal communities? And do they usually try and keep recruitment local?
I've also had a good look at various government portals and recruitment sites, but there are few jobs going that I can see, can anyone recommend any sites where I might have more luck finding vacancies? I'd like to know more about specific requirements, but I'm beginning to wonder if these posts are relatively rare.
The VISA issue is not a problem - I'm a dual national (grew up in Perth) and my AU passport is still nice and shiny. Its just the qualification conversion that concerns me, but other posts on PodA indicate this is not too much a problem.
I appreciate this may be the kind of thing I have to work up to, I've read rural health posts can have a very high attrition rate, so I'm expecting they may want evidence of your ability to stick at it, and a fresh from uni pod may not appear to fit that bill.
Other than my two main point above, can anyone throw in any advice (anything at all!) or experience on this kind of work? I'd love to hear it!
Many thanks for reading!
Max :santa:
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